Concord.
Ther [Thermometer]  WED. APRIL 30, 1913 [Wednesday, April 30, 1913] Wea [Weather]
38 [38 degrees] - 50 [50 degrees]       Fine
Clear & cool with fresh
N.W. [northwest] wind.
  Spent most of forenoon in
house talking with the Stones.
At 11 we started for a short
walk in the woods. The harsh 
wind silenced most of the
birds & but few were heard.
Saw a Fish Hawk flying 
high over the orchard N.E. [northeast].
Will Stone picked up a 
Pheasant's egg from ground under
big pine in Pulpit's Rock woods.
A Cock Pheasant seen at morn [morning]
& [?] in field front of house.
Alice Stone left us at 2 P.M.
to spend night with Alicia
Keyes. Will is spending it
here with me.
Concord.
Ther [Thermometer]  THURS. MAY 1, 1913 [Thursday, May 1, 1913]  Wea [Weather]
34 [34 degrees]   Fine
Clear with light W. [west] wind. Early morn. [morning]
very cool. Day rather warm.
Vegetation far advanced. Lilacs &
barberries in nearly full leaf. Apple
trees covered with young foliage & 
many blossoms open. Shad bush &
Cossandra [Crossandra?] in fullest bloom. Grass
tall in places & fields [?] green.
Blueberry bushes in bloom. General
aspect of country suggestive of May 10.
Small birds of every kind continue 
comparatively scarce. No were marked
migratory flight for month or more.
Blue Jays, almost wholly wanting.
Robins, Chippins [Chipping Sparrows] & Barn Swallows few
in numbers. Have heard no Thrasher
song as yet. Very little singing of
any birds. Altogether a strange spring.
Spent most of day working with
the men. Planted flower beds with
Pat in P.M. Will Stone left me
at 12. He was with me about the 
place most of forenoon.