Cambridge - Concord
Ther [Thermometer] Tuesday Mar. 17, 1914 [March 17, 1914] Wea [Weather]
First Wood Frog (1) Mixed
Windless & mild but chilly,
Forenoon rainy; afternoon sunny.
  In the Garden, 1 Chickadee, 2 
Crows, 2 Jays, 3 Hairy Woodpeckers
(hopping about together in an 
apple tree, bowing, & scraping & making
a prolonged succession of shrill 
calls unfamiliar to me), and a 
Flicker (shouting) all this noted
between 9 & 10 A.M..
  Gilbert brought up Ford car, 9 A.M.
He took C. [Caroline Brewster] & E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] to Harvard Sq. 9.30-
10. At 10.35 he & I started for 
Concord. It began raining shortly after
& did not cease until noon. We went
via Fresh Pond, Hill's Crossing & Lexington
Roads very bad with mud & water.
Did not see a bird of any kind. Stopped
at Concord for supplies. Reached Farm at 
12.15 No snow in roads, only a little
in fields, plenty in woods. River all 
over meadows & few from ice. Walked
about Farm in P.M. Then spring voices
screaming of Red Shoul'd Hawk [Red-shouldered Hawk] (a pair) 
shouting of Flicker (1) Croaking Wood Frog (1)
[margin]Saw 2 blossoms purple ladies delight front of farm house[/margin]
Concord.
Ther [Thermometer] Wednesday, Mar. 18, 1914 [March 18, 1914] Wea [Weather]
Stormy
Snowing hard all forenoon making
about 2 inches. Raining all
afternoon. Ground still covered
with slushy snow at nightfall.
Entire day dark & dreary. Several
heavy peals of distant thunder
during height of snow storm in
forenoon.
  Spent most of day in house
writing notes and transferring
them from diary into Garden
field book. Walked about the
farm for half an hour in
mid afternoon. Had to step 
with caution because of the thin
layer of slushy snow made
the ground very slippery. Saw
5 Juncos feeding io hayseed in
front of barn at Bungalow.
Two of the Crows flying about.
Handsome cock Pheasant walked 
up driveway past our front door
over fresh fallen snow, 10 A.M.