Concord (Farm)
Pheasants pull sprouting peas.
Ther [Thermometer] Tuesday, May 4, 1915 Wea [Weather] Fine
First apple blossoms. Fine
  Brilliantly clear & comfortably
warm (or cool) with scarce any wind
until 5 P.M. when it started
chill from N.E. [northeast] & clouds began to
overspread the sky.
  Arrival
Brown Thrasher [male] in full song in or
near Berry Pasture, 4.30 P.M. Heard him
from our house. Heard a Martin,
also, but that species has been noted
before, at Concord Village by Dexter [Smith Owen Dexter].
  Continued scarcity of local birds
very few singing much, except
Robins, Fickers, Phoebees [Phoebe] & Chippies [Chipping Sparrow].
Robin's nest in shed mud lined but
deserted I fear. Bird flew from nest
over Bungalow piazza.
  Burbank had two rows of peas
up yesterday. The tender sprouts of
about 1/4 of them strewed the ground
at 8. A.M. to-day. He said "Woodchucks"
I noticed that the pea was missing 
from every sprout & then found Pheasant
tracks & droppings all along road.
  Spent day near house supervising work
of men. Subscribed $1000 for Manhatten
[margin]Market stock. Mr Martin called about it. He assured me that
Harry Bartlett had $3000 in it & had been elected a Director a month ago.[/margin]

Concord (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] Wednesday, May 5, 1915 Wea [Weather]
Partly sunny, mostly cloudy. Cool
with light westerly wind..
  Arrival
Chimney Swift. one flying low W. [west] past
house at 4.30 P.M.
  No obvious increase of local breeding
birds but more singing especially by
Robin, Blackbird, Chippies [Chipping Sparrow], Two House Wrens
singing out front of our house, other at
Bungalow. Nuthatch calling woot -woot -woot.
in elms about our house most of
forenoon. Solitary Vireo & Pine Warbler
singing within ear shot.
  North-bound migrants
1 Yellow rump [Yellow-rumped Warbler], 1 Peabody bird [in full song], 3 Juncos
Never before have I known birds
belonging to this class so very scarce
as they have been for past month.
  Spent day out of doors near house
supervising farm & other work. Harris & 
helper finishing pond;  Monson & son getting
out rocks; Zeph & George hauling [?];
Burbank planting asparagus & strawberries
& working on water piping