Concord.
Ther. [Thermometer] SAT. MAR. 11, 1911 [Saturday, March 11, 1911] Wea. [Weather]
26 [26 degrees]  Fine. 
H.A. Purdie taken to Mass.General Hospital [Massachusetts General Hospital] this evening.
Brilliantly clear. High, cold
N.W.[northwest] wind blowing in forenoon.
Afternoon calm & pleasantly warm.
  Worked all day with Pat &
Zeb cutting down trees in Prescott's
pine woods, taking impressions
of all [kinds?] and exterminating
birches & oaks, burning most of 
the brush on the snow under
the trees. It was delightfully
sheltered & sunny in the openings   
among the pines & I enjoyed
the day thoroughly. Chickadees
in full song in early morning.
Heard them in different places
Saw a pair of White br. Nuthatches [white-breasted nuthatches] &
2 Brown Creepers [in a flock] & heard Golden
crests and Crossbills & Redpolls.
Larry [Brewster's dog] started a Robin in
Birch Field.
Concord.
Ther. [Thermometer] SUN. MAR. 12, 1911 [Sunday, March 12, 1911] Wea. [Weather]
Stormy
Cloudy with fresh, chill S.W. [southwest]
wind. Raining most of afternoon
& evening, at times heavily. The fields
and roads are now wholly bare except
for drifts along our [?] stone walls.
  To Ball's Hill this forenoon (9-12)
going via Prescott Pines and Davis Hill,
returning through Bensen's place & [?].
Started eight Paridges [Partridges], four all 
together on Davis Hill. Saw track of
Pheasant in Prescott Pines, a very
large Deer in [?] path near cabin
& made within a few days.  Saw
8 Goldfinches [in a flock], 15 Redpolls [in a flock], 2 Redpolls [in a flock],
[male] [and] [female] nuthatches, 3 Chickadees [in a flock], 3 Chickadees [in a flock],
[female] Downy [downy woodpecker], about a dozen [?].
Heard Pheasant [?] in [?] [pasture?].
Rain almost as hard as it was
last afternoon. Spent P.M. in 
house. James had another near
[?] [late?] [to-day?] 






