Concord (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] Friday, April 30, 1915 Wea [Weather]
Stormy
Raining all day long, at times
very heavily. Thunder shower
in forenoon. Strong, chill N.E. [northeast] wind.
  Very few birds seen or heard.
Robins singing well at day break.
At least three pairs building nests
one over Burbank's piazza,
another on step ladder in our
wood shed, the third in a 
wild apple tree in Berry Pasture.
Saw a single Yellow-rump [Yellow-rumped Warbler] in
top of tall elms. Pheasant's
nest by well house had one
more egg - six in all.
  Spent most of day in house
writing letters & cheques.
Harris & his man began on pond
but were driven in doors by rain
& laid drain through wood shed.
Zeph & George burnt brush in
Berry Pasture. (Frank Holden gave
consent by Gilbert [Robert A. Gilbert]). Burbank did
some carpenter work.

Concord (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] Saturday, May 1, 1915 Wea [Weather]
Cut first asparagus. Dull.
Cloudy with piercingly chilly
N.E. [northeast] wind. Heavy rain through
last night ceasing before daybreak.
  Arrival
Yellow Palm Warbler. Two heard 
chirping near at hand, one in our
run, other in Rudolph Peterson's pasture
  North-bound migrants
2 Ruby-crowned Kinglets [in full song], one
White-thr. Sparrow [White-throated Sparrow], one Junco.
  Starling [male] perched in apple tree
near Bigelow Brook (R. Peterson's)
  Robin building on wood pile in our
wood shed having abandoned step ladder
because it was raised yesterday.
  Spent most of day transplanting
trees etc. In forenoon dug a lot
of ground junipers & some cowslips
in Rudolph Peterson's pastures.
In afternoon dug cedars by roadside.
Gilbert [Robert A. Gilbert] motored to Cambridge to
take C. [Caroline Brewster] into Boston.