Cambridge-Concord
Ther. [Thermometer]  THURS. MAY.4, 1911 [Thursday, May 4, 1911] Wea. [Weather]
25 [25 degrees] (daybreak at Concord/      Fine.
32 [32 degrees] (daybreak at Cambridge)
Clear with Strong, cold N.W. [northwest] wind.
Hard freeze (at Concord) last night
  Gilbert [Robert Alexander Gilbert] & I with "Larry" took
the 8.07 train from No. Cambridge
to Concord where James met us.
We drove to the Emersons where I 
saw Mr. & Mrs. E.W. Emerson, their
daughter Edith and the two little
grandchildren. Next to Auger's Mill
where I gave Grant directions about
sawing up our lumber. Reached the
Farm about 11. Spent most of
P.M. kerosening Tent Caterpillar 
nests on [?] cherry trees in Berry Pas [Berry Pasture]
& [?]. Saw several Barn Swallows,
a King bird [kingbird], a Least Flycatcher & a 
Towhee (some of them at Concord)
Vegetation well advanced. Apple trees
green with young foliage. My tulips &
hyacinths at their best.
[margin] 3 bats in shed, the first noted this year. [/margin]
Concord.
Ther. [Thermometer]  FRI. MAY 5, 1911 [Friday, May 5, 1911]  Wea. [Weather]
Fine.
Clear and warm with light W. [west] wind.
Birds singing freely all day long &
delightfully at morning & evening.
James & Zeph worked at plumbing
all day, Pat at getting out stones
along the road to Birch Field.
I was with them all part of the 
time. At 8.30 A.M. I started 
for Ball's Hill. Went & returned via
Birch Field & Bensen's. Heard a 
number of Black & White Creepers &
Black-throated Green Warblers, 2 Solitary
Vireos, 1 Oven bird. Saw 2 Bitterns on
marsh opp. [opposite] Ball's Hill but no white on either.
Pinks, tulips, hyacinths & spring beauties
making great show at cabins. Started a 
Partridge from nest full of eggs near
Pulpit Rock. Pierson [Gilbert Pearson?] telephoned this 
evening that he wanted to come out [?]
to-morrow to see me. James came at 
7.30 to say that he is offered a place as 
foreman at $75 a month & will take
it unless I will pay as much.
[margin] 6 Bats in shed at Farm. [strikeout] The first [?] [/strikeout] [/margin]