Concord.
Ther. [Thermometer] SAT. [Saturday] MAY 14, 1910 Wea. [Weather]
Mixed.
Forenoon sunny, calm, warm.
Afternoon cloudy with chill E. [East] wind.
Arrived - Whippoorwill 2 [in full song] heard at
same time at evening opposite Ball's Hill, 
by Gilbert.
  Spent day at Ball's Hill
working with James. In forenoon
we put a heavy iron plate on doors
of stone boat house; in afternoon
a sculling block on the big float.
  I sculled it up river to Bensen's
landing & was photographed on it,
with Larry, by two young men in a
canoe who promised to mail me a print.
At 5 P.M. I walked over Pine Ridge 
with Larry. He started a rabbit in
Davis Swamp. Very little bird song
today except in early morning. 2
Spotted Sandpipers in boat pond.

Concord
Ther. [Thermometer] SUN. [Sunday] MAY 15, 1910 Wea. [Weather]
Mixed
Early morning clear & warm. Rest
of day cloudy with frequent light showers.
Arrived - Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2  [in a flock] Ball's Hill [in full song] Birch Field
Greater Yellow-legs 1 calling, B.H. [Ball's Hill], Hermit Th [Hermit Thrush] [male in full song] [female]   
Walked to Bensen's Knoll after breakfast.
Spent forenoon in cabin writing
letters. Many canoes passing up
& down river & a good deal of
wanton noise from their crews.
  Walked to Farm at 3 P.M.
A lot of birds there of the old
familiar kinds - a Nuthatch, a
Redstart, a Catbird, a pair of
Yellow-throated Vireos, an Oriole,
a Bluebird [in full song] a Yellow Warbler, a 
pair of Tree Swallows, a Chebec, lots
of Chippies, & Robins, a Phoebe etc.
Heard a Hermit in full song in Birch F.  [Birch Field]
2 Veeries singing near Ball's Hill & a
Whippoorwill across the river when I got
back to cabin at dark.
[margin]Judge John Thayer of Concord
died this morning[/margin]