Concord (Farm, Ball's Hill & Cemetery)
Ther [Thermometer] Sunday, May 24, 1914 Wea [Weather]
Annual reunion with Dan F. [Daniel Chester French] & Dick D. [Richard Henry Dana] Fine
Brilliantly clear with fresh W. [west] wind.
Just pleasantly cool.
  No north-bound migrants. Local
birds in normal numbers & [?]
singing well all day.
  Dan, Dick & I breakfasted together
at 8. Then sat for an hour by the
fire talking. Started out at 10 &
walked to Ball's Hill via Birch Field
& Davis Hill. Climbed to top
of Ball's Hill & sat there for
some time under a pine.
  Back to house in time for 1 o'clock
dinner. Jim Melvin came before
we finished it. Showed them
all a lot of Diatom slides
sent recently by Henry H. [Henry W. Henshaw]
Only one really pretty thing among
them all. At 3.30 motored to
Concord with Jim & spent an
hour in Cemetery. Very beautiful
there with Oriole, Grosbeaks, Tanager
etc. singing. Back with Dan by 5.
He stayed to supper. Mrs. French
[margin]& Alice Keyes came at 8. & took him away. Dick left us in [?]
to return to Cambridge[/margin]
Concord (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] Monday, May 25, 1914 Wea [Weather]
Fair
Partly sunny, chiefly cloudy. Strong
S.W. [southwest] wind. Light sprinkle of rain in
early morning, good downpour after dark.
Apple blossoms almost all gone. Birches
& apple trees & cherry trees of all kinds
in full leaf. Oak leaves 1/4 to 1/2 grown.
Woods generally green with young foliage
  North bound migrants apparently all
gone by. Have not noted one since 22nd
Most of local birds here & settled for
season but no Wood Pewees yet.
A Robin has built a string of nests
under Bungalow piazza roof. Another
worked for two weeks carrying stuff to
ledge under eaves of barn, but it blew
away almost as fast as she left it there.
She brought dry grass, weed stalks, green
fern & oak leaves, yarrow etc. but no
mud. We put up a guard rail on 23rd
Since then she has accumulated a big
shapeless mess (2 ft. [feet] long) of such loose trash.
& is still adding to it.
  Walked with Burbank all day. In A.M.
we pruned apple trees, in P.M.
sprayed them & also much low brush.
Gypsy larvae numerous in spots only.