Concord (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] Thursday, Mar. 19, 1914 [March 19, 1914] Wea [Weather]
Fine
Clear and cold with raging
north-west wind. Ground
hard frozen in early morn
but surfaced with mud or
water before noon for the strong
sunshine melted most of the
snow that came yesterday.
  Birds exceedingly scarce. All I 
noted were a Junco, a Pheasant &
2 Crows seen near the house &
some Lesser Redpolls heard in
Birch Field. If any migrants
from the South have reached here
as yet I have thus far failed
to meet with them.
  Spent forenoon in house copying
Garden bird notes from diary into large
field book. George Baker called. I 
engaged him provisionally to work
a month or so beginning next Thursday.
  Burbank, Zeph & I spent afternoon
in Birch Field cutting birches. It 
was sheltered & pleasant there.
Concord (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] Friday, Mar. 20, 1914 [March 20, 1914] Wea [Weather]
Fair
Forenoon cloudy & calm.
Afternoon sunny with strong N.W. [northwest]
wind. Cold all day with surface
of ground hard frozen & no 
water or mud showing anywhere.
  3 [in a flock] Lesser Redpolls, one Junco and
a few Crows, including the odd-
voiced one that says caw, caw,
were literally all the birds i 
noted although out-of-doors from
morning to night. Heard at
least two Red Squirrels.
  Spent day in Birch Field,
with Burbank & Zeph in forenoon
& Zeph, only, in afternoon.
The men hauled all the birches
cut yesterday to the deep hollow
or, rather one man dragged them
there in bunches with horses & chains,
and the other trimmed them.
I cleaned up & burnt small brush.
The Puffer bags sawed oak wood for
me all P.M. near wood shed.