Cambridge
Ther [Thermometer] Sunday, April 4, 1915 Wea [Weather]
48 [degrees]
  Thin cloudy with light, chill N.E. [Northeast] wind.
Almost a foot of snow covering the
ground at morning but wasting fast as
day wore on. Streets deep in slush.
A few sleight out.
  Garden birds. Early in the morning Percy
scattered a lot of hemp seed over a space
of a few yards square shoveled clean of snow
in front of Museum. It was crowded
with birds all day. There were about
30 House Sparrows, as many Crow
Blackbirds, a Robin, a Fox Sparrow &
a blue rock Pigeon there. In jungle
there were several Jays & a Downy [Downy Woodpecker].
A [male] Cowbird joined the throng at seed bed
shortly after 1 p.m. & at 4 I saw him
in Parkman's apple tree with two Purple Finches.
  Met C. [Caroline Brewster] at St. John's [St. John's Memorial Chapel] at 10.25. Dr. Hodges
preached a fine Easter sermon. Church
well filled. C. & I waded back through slush.
Miss Jennie Chapman, Miss Allyn,
Miss Swazey Mrs. Cobb & Lizzy Fuller dined
with us. I played a few records for them.
Reaching aloud fr. Duke's Children this eve.

Cambridge - Concord
Ther [Thermometer] Monday, April 5, 1915 Wea [Weather]
50 [degrees] Fine
  Sunny, calm, mild. Snow
melting rapidly. Almost half of
open country bare by night, but
where the snow had drifted deeply
it seemed to shrink but little.
  Garden birds: a Robin, Fox Sparrow,
Junco, Downy [Downy Woodpecker], 2 Jays (one in full
song at 11 A.M.) 7 or 8 Grackles,
a Crow, a few House Sparrows.
  Gilbert [Robert A. Gilbert] & I left the Museum at 11:30
& searched Concord village an hour
later. For the most part bare or almost
so the roads were in places obstructed
by snow drifts which along walls
& banks were often from six to
eight feet in depth. The car
labored & floundered through much
deep slush & we lost one set of chains.
Saw three small flocks of Robins &
one of Tree Sparrows. Reached Farm
at 1:15. Spent most of P.M.
burning brush in Cedar Park. Saw
a Robin & heard Crow & Pheasants.