Concord.
Ther. [Thermometer] Sat. [Saturday] April 22, 1911 Wea. [Weather]
Fair.
Mostly cloudy. Strong, raw N.E. [Northeast]
wind. One of the coldest-seeming
days of this altogether depressingly
chill & backward spring. There is as
yet scarce a tinge of green in any 
of the grasslands in this part of 
Concord. The country looks much as
it did when the snow first went off.
Thus far this month we have had 
no really spring-like days.
  I spent to-day at Ball's Hill
working with James & Zeph. After
transferring the smaller canoe
house to new & much larger logs we
got it into the river only to find
that it would not float properly
so we pulled it out again logs & all
at 4.30. Birds seemingly very scarce &
and almost totally silent, Saw an Osprey over
river. The [male] Red-shouldered Hawk on nest at
4 P.M. He flew straight at me.

Concord.
Ther. [Thermometer] Sun. [Sunday] April 23, 1911 Wea. [Weather]
30 [degrees] min. [minimum] 34 [degrees] max. [maximum] Dull
A cheerless, depressing day with
icy north-east wind And not one
gleam of sunshine. Robins sang a
little at sunrise & sunset. The 
only other bird that I heard was
a Flicker. The country seemed
almost barren of bird life. A
pair of Song Sparrows & eight Juncos
came to our seed bed & the
Nuthatch, Downy & 2 Chickadees
to the suet. Pheasants crowed
a little in the early morning.
Spent most of forenoon talking
with James about farm work.
We went out & staked places for
peach trees. Wrote letters in P.M.
  At 3 o'clock a Mr. & Mrs. Sedgewick
came to look at the Ritchie house.
It did not suit them because
unfurnished. They spent an hour in
our farm house. Very agreeable people.