Concord (Farm & Village)
Ther [Thermometer] Thursday, April 22, 1915 Wea [Weather]
Fair.
  Forenoon sunny & calm. Afternoon
cloudy with strong southerly
wind. Hard freeze last night
& grass fields white with
hoar frost early this morning.
Drought increasingly severe.
River low, many swamps bone
dry, forest fires raging in every
direction (one is said to have
invaded the Carlisle pines yesterday)
  Arrival
Pine Warbler 1 [in full song] Farm run 1 [in full song] in
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
  Continued scarcity of common
birds. H.P. Richardson tells me
he has seen only one Red-wing &
no Fox Sparrows, this spring.
Heard Sitta canadensis in evn. [evening]
  Spent entire forenoon at Sleepy
Hollow Cem. [Sleepy Hollow Cemetery] superintending planting of
100 Mt. laurels [mountain laurels] near Mel. Mem. [Melvin Memorial]
Motored there again at 4 p.m.
Did little or nothing at Farm.

Concord - Cambridge
Ther [Thermometer] Friday, April 23, 1915 Wea [Weather]
First cherry blossoms (Cambridge) Fair
  Forenoon cloudy with light sprinkle
of rain before 8. Afternoon sunny.
Warm all day. Wind south.
  Arrivals
Barn Swallow 1 flying at Farm, 11 A.M.
Field Sparrow 1 [in full song] Berry Pas. [Berry Pasture] 1 [in full song] Ritchie place.
White thr. [White-throated Sparrow] 1 Farm lane
Birds more numerous & singing freely
25+ Juncos in orchard, 2 chickadees,
[male] [female] Purple Finch, Meadow Lark in
Howe's meadow, another in Lawrence's field.
2 Chippies [Chipping Sparrows] & 3 Song Sparrows.
  Spent most of day working with 3 men
transplanting shrubs from Ritchie
place to Farm. They were bought of
Horsford about 10 years ago. & have
not been moved since.
  Gilbert [Robert A. Gilbert] & I left Farm at 5.07 &
reached Cambridge at 6.15. Saw
6 Robins in Bedford & 22 [in a flock] Red wings [Red-winged Blackbirds]
in Lexington.
  Found C. [Caroline Brewster] & E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] at home. Former
came from Bethel to-day, latter from
Springfield.