Concord (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] Tuesday, May 12, 1914 Wea [Weather]
Stormy
Cold N. [northeast] wind & intermittent
rain. Altogether a dreary & very
chilly day.
  Silenced by the icy wind & lowering
sky the birds scarce uttered a sound
all day & only a few were seen by
me except at the seed bed in front of
house where a White-crowned Sparrow,
5 White-throats [White-throated Sparrows], 2 Juncos, 2 Chippies [Chipping Sparrows]
& 2 Song Sparrows were feeding throughout
the day. The White-crown was, no doubt,
the same seen yesterday. He sang at
frequent intervals this morn (7-8) in the
Forsythia bushes, perched conspicuously, 
his plumage ruffled, with the rain
falling ceaselessly the while. His song
was sweet & plaintive (exquisitely so)
with something of the Fox
Sparrow's, also of Vesper Sparrows, still more
perhaps of Peabody birds. Besides the
sweet, clear notes these were interpolated
two chattering ones very like Passerellas.
  Spent most of day in house writing
letters. To Birch field & Bensen's in P.M.
creosoting caterpillar nests. Woods 
silent & lifeless. Saw or heard scarce a bird.

Concord (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] Wednesday, May 13, 1914 Wea [Weather]
Stormy
Cold N.E. [northeast] wind & fine, intermittent
rain. Very like yesterday but colder still &
one of the most chill May days conceivable.
  Very few birds seen or heard except
directly in front of house where Sparrow
flock kept to work on our seed bed all day.
It included 1 White-crown [White-crowned Sparrow], 10 Peabody
Birds, 2 [females] Juncos, 2 Chippies [Chipping Sparrows] & 2
Song Sparrows. The White-throats [White-throated Sparrows] sang
freely and well. The White-crown mingled
his notes with theirs at frequent intervals
7-8 A.M. & 5-5.30 P.M. I heard him
scores of times to best possible advantage
His song, exquisitely sweet & plaintive
always consisted of 4 notes the first
two clear & distinct, the last two
run together of half-merged & very liquid.
  The song reminded me to-day of a
Meadow Lark's being closely like it in
form. Its quality, also, was similar but
with something of the Vesper Sparrows &
White-throats, too. Altogether a rare
song, worth going far to hear.
  Spent most of A.M. in house. Out
whole P.M. first taking little Tim for
a walk in the woods, afterwards
creosoting caterpillar "tents" in Berry Pas. [Berry Pasture]