Concord (Farm.)
Ther [Thermometer] Tuesday, May 26, 1914 Wea [Weather]
90 [degrees] Fine
Clear & hot. Morning calm. Strong
S.W. [southwest] wind in aft & eve. [afternoon and evening]
  Black-Poll Warbler [male] [in full song] in run.
Night hawk [female] (?) in elm over shed.
No other north-bound migrants.
Local birds singing well all day.
  Spent entire day supervising spraying
of apple trees by Duren & Zeph. Also
sprayed several myself with their
outfit (power pump) & others with
ours (hand pump). Got well covered
with arsenate of lead. All but six
trees were sprayed, & we also did
some of the oaks. 
  The Night hawk happened to catch my
eye as I glanced up into elm. She was on
a rather slender branch tossed by strong wind
& kept moving wings to preserve her balance.
A pair of Starlings flying low over orchard
towards S.W. [southwest] passed near me at 8 A.M.
In late P.M. I was on my way to visit
Pheasant's nest in Berry Pasture & within
30 yards of it when I heard the young
peeping & presently saw them scarce 15 ft. [feet]
away following their mother through dense brush.
Neither they nor she attempted to hide or
seemed much afraid of me.

Concord (Farm.)
Ther [Thermometer] Wednesday, May 27, 1914 Wea [Weather]
92 [degrees] Fine
Clear & hot. Forenoon calm. Fresh S.W. [southwest]
wind all afternoon. Clouds & sprinkle 
of rain in late P.M.
  Black-poll Warbler [male] [in full song] & Usnea W. [Usnea Warbler] [male] [in full song] in
oaks behind barn, early morning. No
other north-bound migrants.
Birds singing tumultuously at day break
and very freely all day. [male] Cat-bird
of pair settled in Forsythia thicket, 
front of house pouring out a perfect
flood of music from daybreak to dark.
[male] of pair behind house had his song period
several days ago & kept mostly silent
to-day. [Male] near front in full song at eve [evening].
Bird near cow pastures not heard to-day.
Two Wrens singing at Farm in same
places as last year, one at Ritchie's place. 
Visited Pheasants' nest. One unhatched
egg left in it with half shells of others.
  Spent whole forenoon spraying
(mostly apple trees) with Burbank, he
working hose. Motored to Concord at
1 P.M. Strolling about farm & berry pasture
5-7 P.M.