Cambridge-Boston-Concord
Ther. [Thermometer]  MON. MAR. 27, 1911 [Monday, March 27, 1911]  Wea. [Weather]
Stormy.
Raining all day, at times briskly.
Very warm with S.[south] to S.W.[southwest] wind.
Fox Sparrows & James in Garden.
Left home at 9.15 walked over to 
Porter's [Porter Square] & took train to Boston.
Spent forenoon at our office.
  Mackintire made out all the 
quarterly Estate cheques & I signed
them. Bought two $1000 Mass.
State [Massachusetts State] bonds. Lunched at Bunch
O'Grapes. Took 1.51 train to 
Concord where James met me & 
drove me to Farm. Took short 
walk in late P.M. Snow & ice mostly 
all gone. Lots of Song Sparrows. Big 
flight of Fox Sparrows here yesterday,
Gilbert [Robert Alexander Gilbert] says. Good ending to-day.
We heard from Hospital this morning
Purdie on "Dangerous List" pneumonia
having set in. At 6 [tonight?]  C.[Caroline] 
telephoned he is better with 99 [99 degree] temp. [temperature].
H.'s brother Alfred spent day with him.
Concord
Ther. [Thermometer]  TUES. MAR. 28, 1911 [Tuesday, March 28, 1911] Wea.[Weather]
Fair
Alternating clouds & sunshine.
Cool with strong, harsh N.W.[northwest] wind
  First Phoebe - in our shed
at 7 A.M. 12 Fox Sparrows at 
suet [ball?] . 35 Robins in Garden
Song Sparrows & Juncos all
over the place. Heard strange
bird call 10 A.M. whit,
whit, like Least Flycatcher's but
much louder. Bird in directly on 
wing but I failed to see it.
  Spent day working with
4 men. In A.M. on [cut?] &
[burnt?] brush on hillside [below?]
barn; in P.M. we did
similarly in Prescott's pines.
 Saw a Partridge [?] &
another in brush behind barn.