Concord.
Ther. [Thermometer] SUN. [Sunday] MAY 8, 1910 Wea. [Weather]
Mixed.
Forenoon Sunny & warm with fresh S.W. [southwest] wind.
Afternoon cloudy & cool with light showers
  Spent forenoon at Ball's Hill putting on 
screen doors & arranging things.
A Solitary Vireo, a Black & White Creeper &
a Phoebe singing near cabin, 2 Bitterns
pumping in meadow, Pheasant crowing across river
Started a hen Partridge from nest with
12 eggs. It was behind the hill within 30ft.
of woodpile & about 20 yards from Mt.
laurel [mountain laurel] bush where a Partridge nested last year
  Went to Farm in P.M. Found apple
orchard in full bloom, a few petals falling
My bed of horse shoe violets on edge of
wood road near orchard making superb show.
12 Bats in wood shed loft. Robin
singing gloriously in Orchard. Heard
one Oriole in Howe's elms. Chebec & Parula
W. [parula warbler] near our house. Heard at least 10 D. virens [Dendroica virens]
Saw Broad wing Hawk [broad-winged hawk] in run.
Concord,
Ther. [Thermometer]  MON. [Monday] MAY 9, 1910 Wea. [Weather]
Stormy 
Cloudy with warm S.W. [southwest] wind
and almost incessant rain falling in
heavy showers.
  Spent day at Ball's Hill working
with James, Henry & Pat. We took out 
the wood, the partitions & the posts from
the wood shed & put a window in it.
I intend using it hereafter as a 
tool shed & work shop only.
Took a walk with "Larru" in late
P.M. visiting Pine Ridge and the
Barrett Meadow. Saw a Chimney Swift
& 3 Purple Martins flying over Gr. Meadow [Great Meadow].
A number of Yellow rumps near cabin
in forenoon. Oaks in blossom with
leaves unfolded & showing pink & salmon.
Paper birches, yellow birches, river maples
& a few other trees in nearly full leaf.
Red-wings swarming in the river meadows.