Concord (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] Friday, April 16, 1915 Wea [Weather] 
Fair
Forenoon cloudy & chilly. Afternoon
sunny & warm.. Light E. [east] wind.
  Arrival. Yellow rump Warbler [Yellow-rumped Warbler] (single
bird in top of big elm near house, chirping
  Birds scarce and for most part
silent. Robins sang a little at
early morn & Grass Finches (3)
in forenoon. In mid afternoon
a pair of Bluebirds spent half an
hour about box on grape arbor.
The [male] hovered in front of it with
his bill full of grass & finally
entered it remaining inside about a
minute. He kept up an almost
continuous & delightfully tender
sotto voce warbling. Both birds
uttered in unison a low, sibilant
note something like Robins creaky one.
  Spent entire day out of 
doors transplanting flowers
with Burbank's help. My
strength & spirits returning fast now.

Concord (Farm)
First Cabbage Butterfly.
Ther [Thermometer] Saturday, April 17, 1915 Wea [Weather] 
Barred Owl Fine
Clear, calm, warm. Most
spring-like day thus far this year.
  No new bird arrivals. Not
many birds of any kind about but
such as there were singing freely
& delightfully - Robins, Bluebird, Chippy [Chipping Sparrow]
Song Sparrow, Grass Finch, Juncos,
Meadow Lark, Flicker. Two Red-
shouldered Hawks screaming. Five
Tree Swallows flying from box to box
filling the calm air with their
joyous calls.
  For the very first time since I
have known this old Barrett place
it is without its breeding pair
of White-bellied Nuthatches. The
death & removal (last autumn) of 
their favorite big elm in front of the 
old barn may have caused them to
desert the neighborhood. I miss them sorely
  Spent day working on flower beds
front of house. Men put in water pipes
Dick Dana called at 5 P.M. & we
had a good walk & talk.
[margin]Barred Owl hooted a dozen times or more 9:30-10 P.M. in run
just beyond field S. [south] of house. "Tim" answered him with outburst of barking!
I heard him a few times after I had gone to bed.[/margin]