Concord (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] Wednesday, MAR. 25, 1914 [March 25, 1914] Wea [Weather]
Fine.
Sunny and warm with alternating 
periods of calm and light S. [south] to S.E [southeast] breeze
Ground hard frozen at sunrise.
  First Bluebird, Crow Blackbirds and 
Sparrow Hawk.
Bluebird looking near house 8.30 A.M.
Call note heard later. Gilbert [Robert A. Gilbert] saw
flock 9 Crow Blackbirds flying high
N. [north] at 8 A.M. Sparrow Hawk perched
in topmost spray big elm in dooryard
9 A.M. Straggling northward flights
of Crows 8-10 A.M. Some passed
singly - at immense height. I had no
more than 3 or 4 in sight any one time.
Saw upwards of 30 in all thus migrating
Nuthatch & Chickadee & Juncos singing.
Pheasant crowing. Shrike on elm over lane.
Red-shouldered Hawk screaming.
  Duren & 1 man spraying fruit trees
with lime-sulphur. Burbank & I
worked all day pruning apple trees.
George burning brush.

Concord (Farm)
First Butterfly.
Ther [Thermometer] Thursday, MAR. 26, 1914 [March 26, 1914] Wea [Weather]
Gen. arrival of Bluebirds. Fair
Forenoon largely cloudy; afternoon
clear. Very warm with light S. [south] wind.
Snow and ice disappointing fast and very little
of either left anywhere in open places
  First Bluebirds (I heard everywhere I went,
all day long) Robins hd. [heard] calling near
house and in Birch field by me. Dexter
heard one call yesterday & one sing this
morning at Concord). Flock of 8 Juncos
near house. Dexter heard several Song Sp. [Song Sparrows]
near Concord yesterday & today but 
there were none here. First Butterfly
(a large ragged winged brown one)
Honey Bees out. First snow drops.
  Spent day in Birch Field where
we burnt an enormous brush pile
& cut a good many birches.
Burbank had to leave at 11 to go to
Concord to meet Lev who came from
our office with Mortgage transfer for
me to sign. Dexter came down to
dinner & spent an hour with me
afterwards in Birch Field