Concord
Ther [Thermometer] SUN.  APRIL 20, 1913 [Sunday, April 20, 1913] Wea [Weather]
Fine
Clear & cold with high N.W. [northwest] wind.
Ground frozen at sunrise. Very
little apparent warmth in the
sunlight even at noon. The icy
wind penetrated everywhere.
  Spent forenoon in house reading
"Ivanhoe". Duren called to see
me about spraying next month.
Walked to Ball's Hill & back
in P.M. (2 - 4.20). 2 Robins,
2 Chippies [Chipping Sparrows] & 4 Juncos in Bensen's
pasture. Pine Warbler & 4 Juncos
at cabin. 8 Tree Swallows over
river. Water very high. Great
show of flowers at cabin. Started
2 Partridges from blueberry mounds
in flooded Ball's Hill swamp.
2 Yellow rumps [Yellow-rumped Warblers], 2 Yellow Palm W. [Yelllow Palm Warblers],
& a Chickadee together on Pine Hill.
Osprey sailing over Davis Swamp.
Two Juncos & 2 Song Sparrows only
birds seen about farm house.
Concord
Ther [Thermometer] MON. APRIL 21, 1913 [Monday, April 21, 1913] Wea [Weather] 
Fine
Clear with light westerly wind.
Early morning cold with ground
frozen & high N.W. [northwest] wind. Afternoon mild.
  First White thr. Sparrow [White-throated Sparrow] (Ball's H. [Ball's Hill], Gilbert [Robert Alexander Gilbert]).
Spent forenoon in cedars staking
out the new roadway there & 
selecting places for planting laurels etc.
Solitary Vireo singing. Yellow Palm Warbler.
Purple Finch [in full song] Blue Butterfly.
Dexter came down to dine. With
a dozen Juncos feeding on hemp
seed under the window we saw
a Field Sparrow. He remained
there eating many minutes.
After dinner we walked to Birch
Field. No birds there. Robin &
Vesper Sparrow & Juncos singing &
Barn Swallow twittering near house.
C. [Caroline] went to Cambridge to-day to
arrange about [?] who landed in
New York in bad shape [?]