Concord.
Ther. [Thermometer] SAT. [Saturday] APRIL 8, 1911 Wea. [Weather]
30 [degrees] min. [minimum] Fine
Clear with light N. [North] to E. [East] winds
clouds gathering in P.M. Cold enough
last night to freeze surface ground
Saw Hermit Thrush in woods below
orchard & Fish Hawk flying N. [North]
over Berry Pasture. Pat saw 2 
Bitterns. At noon a flock of 44
Crow Blackbirds appeared in elms
just west of house. They spent about 2
hours on the farm alighting on ground
in orchard & garden behind house &
in apple trees just as they used to in
our grounds at Cambridge half a century 
ago. They interested & pleased me greatly.
  Spent day working with the men
cutting down trees about edges of 
orchard & in Berry Pasture. Pierce
working with 5 men. Fox Sparrows
singing freely. Robins singing delightfully 
at early morn & late eve about house.

Concord
Ther. [Thermometer] SUN. [Sunday] APRIL 9, 1911 Wea. [Weather] 
Snow storm. Flood of Birds. Partly fine
About 5 in. [inches] of damp snow fell
last night loading trees. No bare ground
showing all day save on banks. It
snowed fitfully much of forenoon. 
Afternoon clear & mild.
During most of day there was from
50 to 100 or more birds at our seed
bed. I counted 75 Fox Sparrows & 40 
Juncos at one time. There were 5
Robins & 4 or 5 Song Sparrows & 1
Savanna Sparrow. Fox Sparrows &
Juncos sang freely. They with Robins
& Song Sparrows rambled all over our
wood shed & under the shop. 
I went to Ball's Hill via Davis Hill
& returned via Holden's Hill, in P.M.
Swarms of birds everywhere. Saw 8
Hermit Thrushes, 5 Phoebes, 1 Swamp
Sparrow, 1 Marsh Hawk [male]; 1 Pied billed
Grebe, hosts of Robins, Fox & Song Sparrows,
16 Lesser Redpolls, 2 Red wings [Red-winged Blackbirds], 6 Rusties [Rusty Blackbirds]
Country very beautiful especially along 
river. Got back at 6 P.M.