Concord
Ther [Thermometer] Saturday, May 10, 1919 Wea [Weather]
48 [degrees] Dull.
A dismal, cheerless day with
darkly clouded sky & strong
chill N.E. [Northeast] wind which brought
rain by nightfall with every
indication that this is the
beginning of a prolonged easterly 
storm & heavy downpour.
  Half a dozen Yellow rumps [Yellow-rumped Warbler] (mostly
[females]) 2 or 3 Usnea Warblers &
a White-throated Sparrow
drifted about near the house
singing a little. I noted no
other north-bound migrants.
  Our local birds sang freely
in early morn but scarce at 
all after 9 A.M.
  The inclement weather so
nearly confined me to the house
that I was out of doors less
than 2 hours in all, and took
only two short walks one 
thro [through] orchard, other to Berry Pas. [Berry Pasture]
Men ploughing, harrowing etc.

Concord.
Ther [Thermometer] Sunday, May 11, 1919 Wea [Weather]
38 [degrees], 46 [degrees] Stormy
N.E. [northeast] gale with low sweeping
clouds and incessant heavy
rain flooding low places in
fields & highways. Intensely
chilly within, as well as without,
the house until we got up a
brisk fire in the furnace.
  Birds for the most part not
in evidence. All I noted from
our windows were a Bluebird,
2 pairs of Robins, a Song Sp. [Song Sparrow]
& a Nashville Warbler.
  Spent entire day in doors
sitting by the fire & writing
half a dozen letters. F.R. Galloupe
motored up to see me in
P.M. staying half an hour.
Arthur Estabrook, he tells me,
was taken violently ill at 1 A.M.
on May 2 & has since been
confined to his room in the
Homeopathic Hospital. There
is heart trouble, rather serious
they seem to fear.