Cambridge - Concord
Ther [Thermometer] Saturday, April 18, 1914 Wea [Weather]
Fine
Clear, calm, warm - altogether
a perfect April day.
  In Garden 2 Robins, 3 Fox Sparrows
& a Song Sparrow. Kept perfect silence 
from daybreak to 10 A.M. despite
the serene beauty of the morning but
a Flicker shouted, a Jay screamed
& Crows cawed every now & then.
  Gilbert & I got off in Ford car
at 10.13 & reached Concord Village 11.06
Country smiling & sunbathed but
utterly barren of bird life it seemed.
I watched ceaselessly every field & 
orchard & thicket all the way yet saw
only one small bird (a Sparrow) & no
large ones save about 20 Ducks in 
Fresh Pond. Where were the Robins,
Bluebirds, Blackbirds & especially Crows?
Reached Farm at noon. Jim Melvin
came at 2 & motored me back to 
Concord to advise him about relocating
new wall in Cemetery. A Robin there
& 3 in Howe's field. Scattered Juncos
1 Fox Sparrow along road. 1 Robin,
2 Swallows, 1 Phoebee [Phoebe] & sev. [several] Juncos at Farm
Hylas in full blast at evening.
[margin]Wood Frogs croaking by hundreds at 10 P.M.[/margin]
Concord.
Ther [Thermometer] Sunday, April 19, 1914 Wea [Weather]
84 [degree] First Toads trilling. Black Fox. Fine
[margin]Garden Toads [in full song] Wood Toads [in full song] 10 P.M.[/margin]
Sunny but hazy. Oppressively warm
with high S.W. [southwest] wind.
  Birds abundant but not singing freely
even at early morn. New to my spring
list were Yellow Palm [Yellow Palm Warbler] & Yellow-rump Warbler [Yellow-rumped Warbler]
(one each), Hermit Thrush (1), Ruby crown
Kinglet [Ruby-crowned Kinglet] (1 [in full song]) Grass Finch (5 or 6 [in full song]) Chippy [Chipping Sparrow] (3 [in full song])
Some of these, no doubt, have been
here for several days or even longer.
Not much obvious change in vegetation
despite excessive heat. Air ringing
with Hyla voices at intervals
through day & ceaselessly after sunset.
Elms thick with blossoms.
Motored to Concord (9-11) to call at
the Emerson's & Whites. Spent nearly an 
hour at each place. Saw Edward & Annie
E. & Marjorie White. Birds everywhere.
2 [in a flock] & 4 [in a flock] Black Ducks flying over Assabet.
Walked to Birch Field in P.M.
While strolling along path there got
a glympse of very large Fox only 20 yds.
off but in brush so dense I could not
see him well. He looked coal black
with white tipped tail. I saw the 
[margin]tail rather plainly, as he sneaked off, holding it low.[/margin]