Cambridge - Concord
Ther [Thermometer] Wednesday, May 12, 1915 Wea [Weather]
Gypsy Moth Lava out Fair
Sunny but densely hazy & cloudy also
in late P.M. violent westerly wind.
  Birds in Garden: Robin ([male & female]). Usnea
Warbler ([male in full song]), Magnolia W. [Magnolia Warbler] ([male in full song]), Redstart
(ad [adult male in full song), Maryland Yellow-throat ([male in full song]),
Water Thrush (1 by pond), Purple Finch (1 [in full song]
in willow by Museum gate) Rose breast
Grosbeak [Rose-breasted Grosbeak] ([male in full song] in Jungle) Oriole
(1 heard apparently in Spelman place)
Bronzed Grackle ([male & female]) Blue Jay (1 hd [heard])
  Left house at 9.05 A.M. &
motored to Concord via Waverley
Mill pong East Lexington & Bedford.
Stopped at Breck-Robinson nursery
to but six Azalea & a few lesser plants. Reached Farm at 10.30
Spent most of day in house
writing. Men harrowing, planting
getting out rocks. Harris & men
building wall around well across
road. Birds silenced by high wind
Saw Biggi's place. Gypsy moth
larvae out.
Concord (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] Thursday, May 13, 1915 Wea [Weather]
Fair
Forenoon sunny calm, very warm.
Light thunder storm at noon. Several
thunderless showers in P.M. Cooler
then with light northerly wind.
  Arrivals
Tennessee Warbler [male in full song] near barn 11 A.M. not seen
Maryland Yellow-thrt [Maryland Yellowthroat] [male in full song] Berry Pasture
Scarlet Tanager [male in full song] near House all forenoon.
Indigo bird [male in full song near House] 11 A.M.
Yellow billed Cuckoo 1 [in full song] Berry Pasture
  Starling, [male], silent, in top of elm at E. [east]
end of house at 8 A.M.
  Local birds numerous & singing freely.
Usnea Warbler 1 [in full song] White thr. Sparrow [White-throated Sparrow] 1 [in full song]
the only north bound migrants noted
besides Tennessee Warbler.
  In forenoon Burbank & I seeded
& rolled the big Zinnia bed. In
afternoon we transplanted a lot if flowering plants. Harris
finished wall curb & began brick
walk rear of house.