Concord.
Ther. [Thermometer] TUES. MAR. 23, 1909 [Tuesday, March 23, 1909] Wea. [Weather]
28º -  44º [28 degrees -44 degrees]  N.W. [northwest] wind.  Cloudless.
 Another rough, windy day
a little warmer than yesterday
yet not seemingly so.
  To Richie [Ritchie] place at 8.30 A.M.
Found 8 Crow Blackbirds [in a flock] there.
Saw a pair of W.b. Nuthatches [White - breasted Nuthatches],
a Brown Creeper & 2 Chickadees in 
the run. I worked about 2 hours
on my new wood road. Heard
3 Chickadees giving phoebe note
at same time. Saw another
Creeper [Brown Creeper] & heard Golden crests [Golden-crowned Kinglets].
3 Silent Bluebirds [in a flock] again at 1
P.M. working there until 3.
  Saw no birds except Crows
flying over - perhaps 8 or 10 of them.
 Pat came & sawed wood all day.
[margin] First snow drops [snowdrops] - two blossoms near barn.[/margin]
Concord.
Ther. [Thermometer] WED. MAR. 24, 1909 [Wednesday, March 24, 1909] Wea. [Weather]
26º -  50º [26 degrees-50 degrees]  Clear
Brilliantly clear up to 3 P.M. Clouds
gathered after that & the wind started
from N.E. [northeast]. It had been west earlier 
in day with intervals of calm.
  Spent forenoon working in front
of house with Pat. We cut out a
lot of briars from among the locusts
& did thinning & pruning elsewhere.
Harry Richardson came down at
noon to discuss the moth pest situation.
He dined with me & we afterwards
went into the woods. He has found
in Concord three specimens of an
imported Gypsy Moth parasite that
has been liberated only in Saugus.
  Wrote long letter to Mrs. Muirhead
about houses in P.M. After that a walk.
Flicker shouting at 6 A.M. & Robin in 
full song, both near house.
[margin] Shot 5 House Sparrows front of Bungalow 6 P.M. They have a roost
there.[/margin]