Cambridge - Concord
Ther [Thermometer] Tuesday, April, 22 1919 Wea [Weather]
First Dandelions Perfect
Brilliantly clear. Fresh, cold
N.W. [northwest] wind in A.M P.M.
dead calm, the sun warm.
  Garden birds, Cambridge. [2 males in full song and 1 female]
Robins, [2 males in full song] Ruby-crowns [Ruby-crowned Kinglet] (seen &
heard by Percy), 20+ Pine
Linnets & an ad [adult male] Goldfinch (in
black & yellow pl [plumage]) feeding in
our Eu. Larch [European Larch], 9-10 A M.;
6 Grackles; Downy [Downy Woodpecker] heard; 1 Chippy [Chipping Sparrow] in full song
  Gilbert [Robert A. Gilbert] & I started for Concord
at 11 A.M. taking the usual route
to Lexington & thence the State Road
which was thronged with swift
moving cars passing us in their way
to a parade at Camp Devens. Broke
my glasses & stopped at Concord
village to repair them. Reached
Farm at 12.30. Spent most of
P.M. strolling about near house.
Robins & Song Sparrows singing. 3
Red-shouldered Hawks soaring &
screaming. Sapsuckers in oaks behind
barn.

Concord Hylas & Toads.
Ther [Thermometer] Wednesday, April 23, 1919 Wea [Weather]
Perfect.
Brilliantly clear and dead
calm until mid afternoon
when a light easterly wind 
began blowing. Clouds gathered
along western horizon at sunset.
  Birds Singing well through whole
forenoon. this included Robins,
Song Sparrows, Ruby-crown Kinglet [Ruby-crowned Kinglet],
Yellow-rump [Yellow-rumped Warbler] & Yellow Palm Warblers
Hermit Thrush (afar off towards
Birch Field), Flicker, Cowbird
(in dooryard elm), Red-shoul.
Hawk [Red-shouldered Hawk] screaming & plunging down.
Hylas & Garden Toads in full cry
last evening & this. Vanessa antiopa
& Yellow Field Butterflies on wing.
Half a dozen or more dandelions
in bloom yesterday. Forsythia
in full bloom all the way
from Cambridge. That in front
of farm house glorious to behold.
Tried to do a little gardening
but had nervous collapse &
and spent most of day in bed.