Concord.
Ther [Thermometer]   WED. APRIL 2, 1913 [Wednesday, April 2, 1913]  Wea [Weather]
Fine
Brilliantly clear with raging
N.W. [northwest] wind. Flooded Meadows white capped.
  Spent forenoon at Ball's Hill
working with Pat raking flower beds
& clearing up rubbish near cabins.
2 [male] Phoebees fighting over a [?].
Crows breasting the gale with labored 
flight & a Fish Hawk heard.
  To Farm in P.M. In Bensen's
pasture saw on ground 2 Robins,
[female] [male] Bluebirds, & [male] Pine Warbler. One 
Robin in Birch Field. 20 + Juncos
at Farm. Robin & Marsh Hawk at
Ritchie place. Redwings singing near
Bensen's & along river at sunset.
No Frogs. Gilbert [Robert Alexander Gilbert] saw Tree Swallow
& Bluebird at Farm 9 A.M. Pat
has seen no Ducks this Spring except
5 Black Ducks in Marsh. Only a 
few Musk Rats [Muskrats] killed. [?] [?] 80
Concord.
Ther [Thermometer]  THURS. APRIL 3, 1913 [Thursday, April 3, 1913] Wea [Weather]
Dull.
  Cloudy calm & mild but chilly.
Grass green in pastures. Red maples
in fullest bloom. Claytonia & hepaticas
showing some blossoms. Also daffodils.
  Spent day at or near Ball's Hill
transplanting trees etc. In forenoon
Pat & I moved several hemlocks &
set out a dozen [?], near cabins.
In P.M. he & Zeph brought a full
load of little white pines from Green
Field to plant on hillside above
[well?] [?]. We also moved barberries.
  Song Sparrows, Red wings & a Robin
singing & Pheasants crowing, across
river at 7 A.M. 4 Swallows over river.
2 Black Duck flying low & 2 Golden
eyes [Goldeneye ducks] in water on Great Meadows at [9?].
Pine Warbler singing fully at 2 P.M.
Dead silence at sunset when a chill
S.E. [southeast] wind was blowing.