Concord ( Ball's Hill)
Ther [Thermometer] Sunday, May 2, 1915 Wea [Weather]
Fair
Most of forenoon sunny, of
afternoon cloudy. Rain at
 evening. Rather cool all day.
Very little wind.
  No arrivals. Few local birds
very little singing by them.
A [male] Ruby-crown [Ruby-crowned Kinglet] [in full song] [male] White throat
Sparrow [White-throated Sparrow] [in full song]; a Yellow Palm Warbler
& a few Juncos the only northbound
migrants.
Pheasant's nest near well house had
6 eggs yesterday at 4 P.M and 8 eggs
at same hour to-day.
  Plum trees & cherry trees in full
bloom. A few dandelions [in full bloom].
Apple blossoms almost out.
  Edwin De Merritte arrived at
11.30 A.M. in a motor car with
two friends. They departed at 12.45.
He stayed over night. We walked
to Birch Id. [Birch Island], Ball's Hill & Holden
Hill in P.M. Sat up late by parlor
fire talking over early shooting days.

Concord (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] Monday, May 3, 1915 Wea [ Weather ] Dull
Cloudy with occasional brief
intervals of sunshine in forenoon.
Light variable winds, mostly easterly
and westerly. Cool. Rained all
last night. Ground thoroughly soaked.
  Arrival
Towhee one heard calling near house
and in Berry Pasture.
  Continued scarcity & general silence
of local birds. A White-thr. Sparrow [White-throated Sparrow]
and flock of a dozen Juncos the
only north-bound migrants.
  2 Partridges drumming all day in run
one in swampy [?] near road,
the other on stone wall station.
  Tulips now at best, making brave
show; also graveyard pinks
  Spent day with George cutting brush
in & about red pined near Ritchie place
& burning it there. Mr. De Meritte [Edwin DeMeritte]
left at 7. Mrs Melvin called 3 P.M.