Concord (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] Thursday, May 28, 1914 Wea [Weather]
First Dragon Flies Fine
Brilliantly clear with strong
cool north wind.
  First Wood Pewee [in full song] Farm oaks.
No north-bound migrants.
Local birds singing all day.
  Spent forenoon working with 
Burbank. first we tied up 
grapevines, then trimmed the 
lilac hedge. George worked on
some of the flower beds.
Zeph was ploughing, harrowing etc.
  Motored to Concord at 3 P.M.
& called on Alice Stone at
Alicia Keyes's. Brought them both
back to Farm where we had a
walk in the woods to Birch Field.
Took them back to the Emersons'
where I made a short call
seeing Mrs. E. [Emerson] & Ellen, also
Mrs. Hudson & Marion Keyes.
Back to Farm to prune trees
until supper time. Shot a cat 
that was watching my Cat birds.
[margin]First Dragon Flies - in swarms about farm house in mid afternoon.[/margin]

Concord (Farm & town)
Ther [Thermometer] Friday, May 29, 1914 Wea [Weather]
Fine
Brilliantly clear with fresh E. [east] wind.
Cool through day, chilling at evening.
  No north-bound migrants. Apparently
the spring migration has completely
ended and all our local summer
birds are here & settled in their usual
haunts. For the most part they seem
to be present in normal numbers
but Robins continue scarce, Chickadees
almost wanting, Orioles not over
abundant, Field Sparrows locally 
extinct, Barn Swallows less common
than ever before.
  Spent whole forenoon & most of
afternoon directing spraying operations
performed by Burbank & Zeph. We
finished with apple trees & did one
good sized elm & several oaks near
house with wild apple trees in Berry Pas. [Berry Pasture]
Gilbert motored me to Concord at
4 P.M. Bought tomato & melon
plants at Wheelers. Very tired when
I got home - or rather exhausted.