Sharp-shin Hawk [Sharp-shinned Hawk]. Concord
Ther [Thermometer] Sunday, May 4, 1919 Wea [Weather]
72 [degrees] Small bird wave Fair
Early morning cloudy & misty
following a rainy night. Most
of day sunny & warm with
easterly wind & gathering clouds
at sunset. Shad bush &
peach trees in full bloom.
  First Veery (silent bird running
in flower bed 8 A.M.), Mniotilta,
Usnea Warbler, Solitary Vireo,
Towhee. Small flock of Warblers
in Williams apple trees, probing
terminal fruit buds, included
the Usnea W. [Usnea Warbler], 2 Nashvilles [Nashville Warbler], a
Yellow rump [Yellow-rumped Warbler] & a Yellow Palm [Yellow Palm Warbler].
  At 9 A.M. I noticed a handsome
blue-backed [male] ad. [adult] Sharp-shin Hawk [Sharp-shinned Hawk]
perched within 2 yds. of the bird bath
James attempted to shoot him with
my 22 cal. [calibre] rifle but it missed fire.
He was back again at 9.30 perched
in brush by lane & then in elm
over shed. James tried for him again
but the rifle again missed. Not a
bird in sight or hearing while he
was here. All the Pigeons in their cote
  Felt mean all day. Motored to
Duren's after dinner.

Concord. First apple blossoms.
Ther [Thermometer] Monday, May 5, 1919 Wea [Weather] 
82 [degrees] Big bird wave arrives Fine
Bright sunshine & strong southerly
wind combined to produce an
oppressively warm & summerlike day, 
noteworthy for the great & sudden
inrush of north-bound or local
birds. From sunrise to sunset
they swarmed by scores or hundreds 
throughout our orchard, shade trees
& bordering woodlands. Dexter
reports them equally abundant
about Concord village. There
& here he noted fifty species.
Rarely have I known a more
sudden & considerable incursion.
My observation of it was, however,
limited to what could be seen &
heard during half an hour, just after
breakfast, along the lane, in Cedar
Park & close about the house.
For it was one of my mean
days, spent most in bed.
Dexter was here from 9.30 to
12 but I saw him for only a
few minutes. He went to Birch
Field & Ball's Hill.