Concord (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] Tuesday, May 18, 1915 Wea [Weather]
Apple orchard sprayed. Fair
Partly sunny, mostly cloudy. Calm
& rather warm.
  No arrivals. North-bound migrants
Tennessee Warbler [in full song] oaks behind barn
[Usnea Warbler in full song oaks behind barn]
No noticeable increase of local birds.
Strange to say they sang but 
little despite the calm, warm
weather. We have apparently only
3 pairs of breeding Robins, one
nesting on wood pile in wood shed,
another under Bungalow piazza,
the third in a cedar near well house.
There are two pairs of Wrens, four
pairs of Tree Swallows, no Bluebirds,
one pair of Orioles, two or three pairs
of Chippies [Chipping Sparrow] one pair of Song Sparrows,
one of Phoebees [Phoebe] & another at Ritchie place.
  Spraying all day. Duren & George
with power sprayer, Burbank, Zeph
& I with hand power one. We
devoted most of our attention to
apple & other fruit trees. Harris
& man laid brick walk at Bungalow.

Concord (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] Wednesday, May 19, 1915 Wea [Weather]
Fine
Clear & cool with strong W. [west] wind.
  No arrivals save Black-throated
Blue Warbler [male] [in full song] in Cedar Park. Other
north bound migrants were Blackpoll [Blackpoll Warbler]
1 [male] [in full song], Tennessee [Tennesee Warbler] [male] [in full song] all day in oaks
behind barn, White crowned Sparrow
1 ad. [adult] in Howe's flower garden seen
by her & Mrs. Robbins (of Onset).
A brown Bald eagle seen by Mr. &
Mrs. Robbins soaring high over our
Berry Pasture at 10 A.M.
  Yellow Warblers, noted at Concord
Village on Apr. 26 by Dexter [Smith Owen Dexter], appeared 
here for first time today when
a [male] was singing near our house
& another at Ritchie place.
Chimney Swifts very scarce. I
see no morely than one daily.
No Whippoorwills heard as yet.
  Duren came down to spray but
broke his pump, the first thing. Gilbert [Robert A. Gilbert]
to [took] it to Otterson's to be mended.
Meanwhile we used my hand power one.
The motor one worked all P.M. 
Mr. & Mrs. Robbins came down at 10 A.M.
but I could not show them any attention.