Concord.
Ther. [Thermometer] MON. MAY 10, 1909 [Monday, May 10, 1909] Wea. [Weather]
Sunny.
Sunny but hazy. Warm with
strong S.W. [southwest] wind.
Arrivals. Yellow-throated Vireo 1 [in full song]
Bobolink 1 [in full song] (W.Bed) [West Bedford] Whippoorwill
1 [in full song] (W.Bed.) [West Bedford]
1 Fowler's Toad squatting at eve. [evening].
Many Common Toads [common toads] & Hylas.
  Moved to Ball's Hill at 7.30
this morning. Put Henshaw on 
8.12 train. Billcliffe arrived
at 9 & worked all day in
the cabins. James painted roofs.
Pat & John hauled brush.
  Telephone message fr. [from] Melvin at noon.
At 3 met him at Bensens. He had
Charley & Dorothy Carter & George
Deane in his motor car. He took
us to Sleepy Hollow & back to Farm
where I showed them all the house.
  Walked back to Ball's Hill at 6.30.
Concord. Cambridge - Roxbury - Boston
Ther. [Thermometer] TUES. MAY 11, 1909 [Tuesday, May 11, 1909] Wea. [Weather]
Clear.
Raining at daybreak. Cloudy to 10 A.M.
After that clear & warm, cooler at evening.
Started Night Heron from pines near
Pine Park wood shed. Kingfisher at evening
from dense pines south side Ball's Hill.
  In our Garden Cambridge, 9-11 A.M.,
Cat bird 1 [in full song], Yellow warbler 1 [in full song], Water Thrush 1 [in full song]
Maryland Yellow-throat 1 [in full song], Chippy [chipping sparrow] 1 [in full song]
Oriole 1 [in full song], Crow Blackbird 1, Swift 1 
  Took 8.10 train to Cambridge. Our Garden
wild flowers at their best & making a
beautiful display. Dug a lot for Concord.
  To Roxbury to attend funeral Miss
Anna Everett at 12 -12.30 Mr. DeNormandy
very impressive. May Hayward there.
  To Boston. Called at office & saw Arthur.
  To Concord 1.51 train. Mr. Spear, Thaxter's
man, on it. We investigated brown tails
at Ball's Hill. Found them dying by myriads
of Thaxter's fungoid disease. Solitary walk 
along river at evening.