Cambridge - Concord
Alva Coolidge died at Upton, Me. [Upton, Maine]
Ther [Thermometer] Monday, April 26, 1915 Wea [Weather]
First cherry & plum blossomsFair
at Concord.
  Partly cloudy, mostly sunny. Heavy
thunder shower 4.30 P.M. Intensely
hot & sultry in early afternoon.
  Arrivals
Yellow Warbler [male in full song] Concord Village - Dexter [Smith Owen Dexter]
Least Flycatcher hd. [heard Concord Village - Smith Owen Dexter]
Purple Martin [heard Concord Village - Smith Owen Dexter]
Ruby-crown Kinglet [Ruby-crowned Kinglet] [male in full song] Berry Pasture
[Ruby-crowned Kinglet male in full song] Cambridge Garden
  Gilbert & I with "Tim" motored to
Concord this morning (9.20-10.27)
via Lexington & Bedford. Near
Carlisle Bridge passed within 20 yds
of [male] ad. [adult] Broad-wing Hawk [Broad-winged Hawk] perched
about 8 ft. above ground in maple at
edge of meadow (river). Flock of
50 [males] Red-wings [Red-winged Blackbirds] in field (Lexington)
Smith Dexter came down to
dinner. After it we walked to 
Birch Field saw 2 Hermits [Hermit Thrush] in
pines near Pulpit Rock. Solitary walk
thro [through] Berry Pas. [Berry Pasture] at sunset. Ruby
crown [Ruby-crowned Kinglet] singing Woodcock peeping
across road in run.
Concord (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] Tuesday, April 27, 1915 Wea [Weather]
First Bat Fair
Forenoon sunny & oppressively warm
with light westerly wind. Afternoon
cloudy & chilly with strong E. [east] wind.
  Arrivals
Black & White Creeper [male in full song] in run, 8 A.M.
Bat - One in shed loft (None there yesterday)
  Great chorus of Hylas & Garden Toads
last night & this in pond in Berry
Pasture. Hylas equally numerous in 
pond below orchard but no Toads there.
Both species in normal abundance now.
  Spent most of day out of doors
close about house superintending
men. Harris & assistant cementing
pond encircling boulder front
of house. Burbank & Zeph hauling
stones to it. Monson & son drilling
& blasting them. Walked to
Birch Field at evening. Mrs. Melvin
came down for a talk in forenoon.
Harry & Alice Bartlett arrived at
7 & left at 9 P.M.