Concord (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] Wednesday, May 26, 1915 Wea [Weather]
Stormy.
Dark cloudy all day. Raining briskly 
from 11.30 A.M. to 6.30 P.M.
Cool with strong S.W. [southwest] wind.
Sky cleared, sun shone out & wind
came rushing from N.W. [northwest] just before
sunset.
  No arrivals. A [male] Blackpoll Warbler [in full song]
near house was the only north bound
migrant noted. Local birds not
much in evidence & not singing
freely, doubtless because of the
gloomy weather. The Robin has
been sitting on her nest on woodpile
in our shed ever since the 18th. She
has become so tame that I pass her
within a few feet. Yesterday she chased
& pecked at a Gray Squirrel that seemed 
inquisitive about her nest.
  Spent forenoon at head of Run
next road & in Berry Pasture, where
Burbank, Zeph & George cut & peeled
a lot of locusts & elms for posts.
Spent afternoon in house writing letters.

Concord (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] Thursday, May 27, 1915 Wea [Weather]
Ice thick as window glass Fine
Clear & cold with raging N.W. [northwest] wind.
Ice as thick as window glass at Duren's
place in Carlisle. George reports it at
his shack at Ritchie's place. No damage
to any of our vegetation at the Farm.
  Birds silenced & driven to cover.
Few seen & still fewer heard. No
north-bound migrants noted.
  Mrs. Melvin & I had arranged
to motor to Lancaster this forenoon
to lunch with C. [Caroline Brewster] who, however,
telephoned about 8 A.M. that she
was not willing to have us risk
exposure of long ride against the
piercing north west wind. It
blew a living gale all day
despite which I did a lot of
spraying of shrubbery with our hand
apparatus in P.M., Burbank
working the pump. In forenoon
we cut the grass in front of house.
Our little wild Coney Rabbit was
frisking on lawn near pond at supper time.