Concord (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] Tuesday, June 1, 1915 Wea [Weather]
R. H. Dana [Richard Henry Dana] arrived.
Brilliantly clear & oppressively
warm with light, variable
winds, mostly easterly.
  No north-bound migrants noted.
Local birds evidently all here
& settled for the season. Wilson's 
Thrushes apparently wholly absent. 
Brown Thrushes in full song at sunset.
Free & general singing of most
birds all day long. Hen Pheasant
still on nest by well house at
6 P.M. She began sitting on May 8.
Since then I have visited nest
almost daily & never once found her
off. Cock Pheasants mostly silent
now.
  Spent forenoon in flower garden
with Burbank & Zeph. We weeded
most of it, trimmed borders etc.
George & Wallace sprayed line of
big oaks. Dick Dana arrived at
3.45 to spend night. We walked
through Birch Field & Berry Pasture in
late P.M.

Concord (Farm (& Ball's Hill)
Ther [Thermometer] Wednesday, June 2, 1915 Wea [Weather]
Fine
Sunny but hazy. Very cool with
chill N.E. [northeast] wind.
  White-throated Sparrow in very dull pl. [plumage]
feeding in road near our house. No other
north bound migrants noted. Four pairs
Tree Swallows nesting in boxes at Farm,
three pairs in Bensen's pasture.
Song Sparrows nest, 5 eggs, in Pine Park
very effectively hidden under tuft of
Andropogon grass.
  Snakes continue scarce but I have
seen one each of four species (Milk Adder,
Garter, Green & De Kay's) this spring.
  Dick Dana had disturbing news from 
home this morning as Mrs. Dana had
just had a chill & high temperature.
He decided, however, to stay on here
through forenoon. We walked to
Ball's Hill via Bensen's & back via
Holden's Hill where we saw 2 young
Red-shouldered Hawks almost full grown
& fledged standing on nest in chestnut
flapping their wings, [female] parent soaring high
overhead in silence. Dick left at noon.
I went to B. H. [Ball's Hill] again in P.M. Men spraying there.