Concord (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] Saturday, May 22, 1915 Wea [Weather] 
Heavy flight N. [north] bound migrants Dull.
Mostly cloudy with some sunshine
in forenoon & light rain in late P.M.
Oppressively warm & humid with strong
S.W. [southwest] wind.
  Arrivals
Cedar birds 2 [in a flock] perched in locust front 
of house, fly catching.
Lincoln's Finch. 1 [in full song] singing House Wren-like
song (very like Wren's but more halting &
subdued) in Forsythia thicket front
of house. Tried in vain to see the bird.
Our run alive with migrating warblers for
its entire length at 8 A.M. Oven birds &
Black & White Creepers most numerous.
One Magnolia [Magnolia Warbler] & one Black-throated Blue [Black-throated Blue Warbler].
Several Usnea Warblers. Chestnut sides [Chestnut-sided Warbler]
everywhere. Local birds also in greater
numbers than heretofore. Everything
singing like mad whole forenoon.
Delicious bird music in continuous flood
coming from far & near.
A broken day. I did little work, but
I ambled about constantly enjoying
the beauty of everything & the wonderful
concert of bird voices. Mr. & Mrs.
Dudly Pickman called at 6 P.M. I took
them all over the place.

Concord (Farm & Ball's Hill)
Ther [Thermometer] Sunday, May 23, 1915 Wea [Weather]
Fine
Clear & cool with high N.W. [northwest]
wind.
  No arrivals. Only northbound
migrant a Canadian Warbler in 
our run (where species does not breed)
Two Hermit Thrushes whining in
Birch Field at 11 A.M., one
singing on Blakeman Ridge by river
at 6 P.M. At same hour Va. Rail [Virginia Rail]
singing (cutto) & Bittern pumping,
in Great Meadow.
  All trace of the big wave of 
north bound migrants here yesterday
vanished. They must have pushed
on last night. Local birds as
numerous as yesterday but not
singing freely.
Mr. & Mrs. Robbins with Prof. Norton
came down by app't [appointment] at 10:30. We
went through most of Farm woods.
Duren came at 5 P.M. I walked to
Ball's Hill with him to see about spraying
the Gypsy & Brown tail conditions bad
there.