Concord (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] Tuesday, April 6, 1915 Wea [Weather]
Pileated Woodpecker. Stormy
Cloudy, calm & mild with incessant
light rainfall. Snow wasting fast.
Farm birds: Bluebird, Fox Sparrow
& Song Sparrow singing at early 
morn. 2 Cedar birds & a Robin
eating cedar berries & barberries
near house at 6.30 A.M.
Burbank heard Canada Geese at
6 A.M. & Zeph saw as well as heard
a large flock flying over high at 7.20
At 8.15 A.M. I was on wooded
ridge S.W. [southwest] of Barrett spring when the
voice of a Pileated Woodpecker fell on
my ears. A few seconds later the big
bird passed me on wing about 70 yds. 
off & just above tree tops, with level
crow-like flight, calling cuck, cuck
cuck etc. all the while & for at least
two minutes after alighting somewhere
in gully below spring. I heard it
again at 4.30 P.M. near Pulpit Rock
uttering the same slow prolonged
vocal calling & also tapping loudly.
  To Birch Field at 8 A.M. with
Burbank, Zeph & George. We intended
to burn brush but were soon driven
in by rains. Walked down there again
in late P.M.
[margin]Meadow Lark [in full song] at 7 A.M. Heard flight call of Snow Bunting repeated several
times at 4.30 P.M. Bird evidently on wing over orchard. Very foggy, there.[/margin]

Concord (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] Wednesday, April 7, 1915 Wea [Weather]
Barred Owl hooting. Fair
  Cloudy, foggy & calm in early morning. Sun
out & light N.W. [northwest] wind blowing by 10 A.M. Rest
of day partly sunny, partly cloudy. Warm.
  Farm birds: Robin, Bluebird, Chickadee
& Song Sparrows singing in early morn.
General arrival of Juncos. At least 30
in orchard singing & chasing one another.
3 Fox Sparrows & as many Songs [Song Sparrows] with them.
About 9 A.M. I was standing near
Barrett spring when a Barred Owl
hooted further up the run, apparently
near Pulpit Rock. It gave the full,
normal hooting outcry which was
afterwards repeated five or six times
at intervals of one or two minutes.
I finally went in search of the bird
but failed to find it & did not hear it
again. Pheasant crowing lustily
all day, some in dense woods
where I saw their tracks in snow.
Where are Flickers, Tree Swallows &
Phoebees [Phoebe]? Why are Hylas & Wood
Frogs silent?
  Men hauling brush into Birch Field &
burning it there. I was with them
8-9.30 A.M. & 2-5 P.M. Wrote
letters & slept rest of day.