Concord (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] FRI. MAY 2, 1913 [Friday, May 2, 1913] Wea [Weather]
72 [72 degrees] First Bat in shed.   Fine
Clear, warm, windless.
First Blackburnian Warbler, Catbird
& Bobolink. Gen. arr. [General arrival?] D. virens[Dendroica virens]
  Spent most of day in Pulpit Rock
woods overseeing the [?] of
birch wood cut recently & the
clearing up of brush. Zeph & Tom
working with our horse, [Bensen?],
assisted by George, with his poor
old "John" horse. Heard a Blackburnian
Warbler singing in the big pines.
They seemed alive with D. virens [Dendroica] virens
singing far & near all day. There 
were also a Red shoul. Hawk [Red-shouldered Hawk]
screaming & a Solitary Vireo
singing delightfully. The drumming
season of Partridges passing. Bobolink
heard by Dexter at Concord. Saw a
Nuthatch enter hole in big elm in
door yard. Sussex apple trees in
nearly full bloom.
[margin] One Bat in shed safe this morning.[/margin]
Concord  (Farm & Ball's Hill )
Ther [Thermometer] SAT. MAY 3, 1913 [Saturday, May 3, 1913] Wea [Weather]
Gen. hatching [General hatching] Gypsy M. larvae [Gypsy Moth larvae].  Fine
Clear, calm, warm. Fresh east
wind in late P.M.
First Chestnut-sided Warbler at Farm
First King bird at Ball's Hill.
3 Phoebe's nests with 5 eggs each.
Thrasher & Catbird in full song.
9 Bats in shed at Farm.
First general hatching Gypsy Moth larvae
(coming out by thousands everywhere on nests)
First Fowler's Toad sings (Ball's H. [Ball's Hill] 8 P.M.)
  Spent forenoon at Farm closing 
up things there & planting the
last flower seeds. Birds singing
freely but not many of them.
  House Wren in full song for first
time & entering box front of house.
Moved to Ball's Hill just after dinner.
Spent afternoon planting flower
seeds there & clearing up trash. Not
much bird song save from Red wings [Red-winged Blackbird]





