Concord (Ball's Hill & Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] SUN. MAY 4, 1913 [Sunday, May 4, 1913] Wea [Weather]
Fine
Clear & warm with cool E. [east] wind.
Spent forenoon at & near
Ball's Hill planting seeds of
lupine & partridge pea in 
considerable quantities.
  Comparatively few birds & not
much singing from these.  
Heard a Bobolink in full song
& saw a Chimney Swift &
a King bird. One Chestnut-sided 
Warbler. Heard Spotted Sandpiper.
3 Red-shouldered Hawks sailing 
[in?] circles & screaming loudly.
  A perfect uproar at camps across 
river with much shooting. Lots
of boats & canoes on river
Walked to Farm in P.M. Very
quiet & peaceful there. Several
apple trees in full bloom. Heard
flight song of Oven bird.
[margin] Large Bat hawking for prey in bright sun at noon near Ball's Hill.[/margin]
Concord, Cambridge, Boston, Wolfeboro.
Ther [Thermometer] MON. MAY 5, 1913 [Monday, May 5, 1913] Wea [Weather]
Fine
Clear & warm with light E. [east] wind.
To Cambridge by 8.13 A.M. train.
An Oriole ( the first) a Least Flycatcher
& 2 Meadow Larks singing in W. Bed. [West Bedford].
Spent about an hour at our house.
Saw a Robin & a Chickadee in
the Garden. Mertensia in fullest bloom. 
To Boston at 11 after getting hair 
cut at Harvard Square. Lunched
with Arthur at Youngs & talked
over Wolfeboro situation with him.
Left Boston at 1.30 & reached
Wolfeboro at 5.30. Vegetation
almost as forward as near Boston.
Pear trees in full bloom; apple trees 
almost out. Heard Least Fly [Least Flycatcher]
& Swift[.] Cordial welcome at the
Haleys'.  Mr. H. [Mr. Haley] & I walked over
grounds before dark. Later called on
my cousins [?] & Elisabeth & on
Dr. Scott.