Concord. (Ball's Hill)
Ther. (Thermometer) WED. MAY 12, 1909 [Wednesday, May 12, 1909] Wea. [Weather]
Clear.
Brilliant, perfect day, cloudless
with fresh W. [west] wind. Rather warm.
  Arrivals. Black & Yellow Warbler 1 [in full song]
Black-billed Cuckoo 1 [in full song] Gr. Yellowlegs [greater yellowlegs] [?]
Hylas & Pickerel Frogs at evening.
2 [in a flock] Black Ducks flew past cabin
in evening twilight. Two Bitterns [in full song]
& 2 seen. Shad bush in full bloom.
Oak leaves unfolding & tinged
with pink & salmon. Willows
quite green.
  Spent day at Ball's Hill
working out-of-doors with men.
We got the canoe boat house back
in place, painted two roofs &
did a variety of other things.
  Paddled across river at 4.30
and walked to Holden's Hill
after supper.
Concord. (Ball's Hill)
Ther. (Thermometer) THURS. MAY 13, 1909 [Thursday, May 13, 1909] Wea. [Weather]
Clear.
Cloudless with fresh W. [west] wind.
Rather warm. A perfect May day.
Arrivals. Black-throated Blue Warbler 1 [in full song],
Wilson's Black-cap [Wilson's Black-cap Warbler] 2 [1 in full song], Lincoln's
Finch 1 (front of cabin), Scarlet Tanager 1 [in full song]
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 (cooing).
  Spent most of forenoon Davis Hill
where James & John cut down a pine
about 70 ft. [70 feet] high that stood on the slope
next the river. Its stump showed 125 rings.
We cut it into three logs which Pat
towed up river to Ball's Hill for a float.
After dinner we crossed river & cut 2 more
pines. All thru trees [were dead?] cut [sound?]
Met 3 bird observers Mr. Kittredge & his
two sons. He has been here before.
  Mr. & Mrs. J.C. Melvin & Mr. Borodish the
landscape gardener arrived at 3. I took
them to Davis Hill & Pine Ridge.
Larry & I walked to Pine Park & Pine Ridge at evening.
[margin] Pat found Partridge nest, 6 eggs, behind Ball's Hill [/margin]