Concord - Cambridge.
Ther. [Thermometer] Mon. [Monday] April 18, 1910 Wea. [Weather]
Stormy.
Raining all forenoon & part of
afternoon. Forenoon cool with chill E. [East] wind.
Afternoon warmer with light S. [South] wind.
  Spent forenoon at Farm digging a
lot of plants to take to Cambridge.
Heard a Pheasant crowing in the run
& saw a Dove fly over the orchard.
Fresh Deer tracks & cowslips nearly
open, on shore of pond. Purdie [Henry A. Purdie]
stayed in cabin reading. Just
after dinner Gilbert called us out to
see the Bitterns, two birds, apparently
the same seen yesterday & in nearly the 
same place. We watched them fully 
one hour & saw their white ruffs to
great advantage. I gave an account of
it this evening at Nuttall Club for
we all came back to Cambridge
together by 4.24 train.

Cambridge.
Ther. [Thermometer] Tues. [Tuesday] April 19, 1910 Wea. [Weather]
Fine.
Clear & warm with light southerly
wind.
  Cherry trees in fullest bloom.
Pear blossoms showing almost open.
forsythia still in bloom. Some
horse chestnuts in full leaf. Filmy 
veils of young foliage over many
kinds of trees & shrubs. Vegetation
on whole about as it usually looks
5th or 6th of May.
  Spent day in Museum writing
out a full account of the 
Bitterns seen at Concord yesterday
& day before for journal. Took a 
short walk at sunset to see the
flowers in neighbors yard. Met
Mrs. Parker & made brief call on
Joe Russell. Birds in Garden were
1 Flicker [in full song], 1 Downy, 1 Chippy [in full song] 2 Robins
a nest of Grackles.