Concord - Boston
Ther [Thermometer] Monday, May 4, 1914 Wea [Weather]
Pheasant's nest 10 eggs Fair
Partly sunny, partly cloudy.
Warm with light, humid S.W [southwest] wind.
  First Least Flycatcher [in full song] Farm orchard.
[First] Yellow Warbler, Lowell Str., Concord.
[First] Bittern 2 [in a flock] Mill Brook, (Gilbert [Robert A. Gilbert])
To Boston by 8.06 train.
Went direct to office & spent
forenoon there. Saw Arthur,
Darling, Galloupe & others.
Signed tax returns & our Annual
report to Probate Court.
Lunched at Marstons'.
Back by 2.40 Fitchburg train.
Gilbert motored me to & from
Concord. Reached Farm 3.45.
Spent remainder of P.M.
creosoting tent caterpillar nests.
Every rum cherry loaded with
them. Stumbled on Pheasant's
nest, 10 eggs, among low blueberry
bushes in Berry Pasture. Hen bird
flushed 6 ft. off flying away 
swiftly. Cock crowing 100 yds. off.
Fast letter from C. [Caroline Brewster]

Concord (Farm & Ball's Hill)
Ther [Thermometer] Tuesday, May 5, 1914 Wea [Weather]
Many migrants arr. [arrived] in rain storm Stormy
Heavy N.E. [northeast] rain storm with high, chill
wind. Calm & misty early this morning.
  First Cat bird [Catbird] (1, Ball's Hill), Usnea Warbler
(1 [in full song], B.H. [Ball's Hill]) Chestnut side W. [Chestnut-sided Warbler] ([male] [in full song] Farm, [male] B.H. [Ball's Hill])
Black thr. Blue W. [Black-throated Blue Warbler] ([male] [in full song], Barrett Spring)
Maryland Yellow-throat [Maryland Yellowthroat] (2 [males] [in full song], Farm)
Chimney Swift 8 [in a flock] Ball's Hill,
Oven-bird [Ovenbird] (2 [in full song] Farm, 2 [in full song] Ball's Hill)
Great increase in Mniotilta varia & D. virens [Dendroica virens]
Evidently a rather heavy rush of migrants
came last night despite stormy weather
They were scattered everywhere at Farm &
Ball's Hill. Large mixed flock at Barrett
Spring in late P.M. Here I found 5 or 6
Chickadees, a Creeper (Certhia) Ruby-crown [Ruby-crowned Kinglet],
Gold-crest [Golden-crested Wren], 5 or 6 D. virens [Dendroica virens], 1 D. caerulescens [Dendroica caerulescens]
& others not identified. Saw 3 Certhias 
in all.
  Spent day at Ball's Hill. The men
working about & in cabins making
repairs & putting things in order.
Walked down at 8 A.M., back at 4 P.M..
Off again at 4.30 creosoting caterpillar nests.