Concord.
Ther. [Thermometer] MON. MAR. 29, 1909 [Monday, March 29, 1909] Wea. [Weather]
29º - 50 [29 degrees - 50 degrees]   Clear
Sunny with high, cold N.W. [northwest]
wind driving cloud masses across sky.
Arrivals. Hermit Thrush 1 seen
Cow-bird [Cowbird]- 1 heard
  Spent most of day heping [helping]
James prune apple trees in
orchard front of barn. Cut back 
some peach trees, also. Walked
at morning & late afternoon
through Pulpit Rock woods
& Birch Field. Saw the Hermit [Hermit Thrush]
near the spring - a tame
silent bird. Heard the
Cow bird [Cowbird] near the orchard.
  Saw flock of 70 Crow Blackbirds
flying N.E. [northeast] at immense height
9 A.M. They were evidently migrating
5 Fox Sparrows & 5 Juncos 
feeding at rear of house.
Concord
Ther. [Thermometer] TUES. MAR. 30, 1909 [Tuesday, March 30, 1909] Wea. [Weather]
30º - 50º [30 degrees - 50 degrees]   Sunny
  Sunny with intervals of cloudiness
and strong, cold N to N.W. [north to northwest] wind.
  No new birds noted but a 
marked & indeed very considerable
increase in the numbers of Juncos,
Fox Sparrows & Red-wings, but not
in that of Song Sparrows or Robins.
  Hazel catkins in bloom. No 
Frogs heard as yet although the
smaller pools, even in deep woods
have been open for a week or more.
  Spent entire day working on the
apple trees with James. We pruned
three difficult ones. Divine music
of Fox Sparrows almost constantly
in my ears. 7 of them at our seed beds.
Cleaned out bird box in field across
road & found 11 unhatched Bluebirds
eggs in last years nest & two in older 
nest under it. A telephone was put
in the Barrett house to day. 