Concord.
Wea. [Weather] Thur. [Thursday] May 14, 1908 Ther. [Thermometer]
Northeast storm with heavy rain in A.M.
P.M. calm with bright sunshine after 4 o'clock.
  Went to farm after breakfast & dined
there. Spent forenoon clearing out the
box stall in old barn & rearranging the 
things stored there. Will Stone arrived
at 3.30. We went to cabin for the night.
Paddled up river at 5 P.M. Lots of
Swallows skimming low. Dr Chamberlain
called while we were gone. Saw a Rabbit
within 20 yards of cabin just after supper.
Wood Thrush singing near cabin at daybreak.
[margin]20 Bats in shed[/margin]

Wea. [Weather] Friday 15 [May 15, 1908] Ther. [Thermometer]
Cloudy most of day with light
easterly winds. Cool. Calm at sunset.
Arrival Canadian Warbler 2 [in full song].
  Will Stone & I walked to Holden's
Hill & David Hill after breakfast. 
We went to the farm in the 
afternoon. Birds fairly numerous
but scattered. A Wood Thrush singing
near cabin, a Brown Creeper on 
Davis Hill. Mr. Clinton, a friend
of Roland Thaxter, called at 5 P.M.
He collected a lot of Brown Tail larvae
for Thaxter to experiment with.
[margin]24 Bats in shed[/margin]

Concord
Wea. [Weather] Sat. [Saturday] May 16, 1908 Ther. [Thermometer]
Brilliantly clear. Forenoon dead calm.
S.E. [Southeast] changing to S.W. [Southwest] wind in afternoon.
  Had five men working all day on
well house near cabin. They carried up the
walls finished the roof, hung the doors etc.
I got a short walk with Will Stone
after breakfast. He departed at 3 P.M.
Three ladies, school teachers from Cambridge, 
landed at noon & lunched in the woods.
  I walked to farm after supper. Apple
trees still in bloom but past their prime.
Only a few migrants about & nothing new
among them.

Wea. [Weather] Sunday 17 [May 17, 1908] Ther. [Thermometer]
Clear & warm with light S.W. [Southwest] wind.
  Arrival Bicknell's Thrush 1 B.H. [Ball's Hill] (No other
northern migrants seen to-day).
  Spent forenoon at Ball's Hill. Pat
came down & I laid out some work for him.
Mr. & Mrs. Austin White & Mr. & Mrs. Charles
R. Lamb arrived at 12.30 & dined at
the cabin. I went to farm & Ritchie place
with them after dinner. It was heavenly
there with the apple trees in full bloom.
Walked back alone about 6 o'clock through
a world of beauty.
[margin]24 Bats in shed[/margin]