Concord (Farm & Ball's Hill)
Ther [Thermometer] Monday, June 1, 1914 Wea [Weather]
Painted Tortoise laying Fair
Mostly sunny, partly cloudy.
Calm; sultry. Two light thunder
showers in P.M.
  Spent day spraying at rear of
Ball's Hill & on Pine Hill. Zeph & I
used one hand pump on low trees
& shrubbery, Duren & George took the
larger trees, mostly oaks. Forenoon
perfect for our purpose. Afternoon
showers interfered somewhat with work.
Gypsy larvae numerous in spots of
limited extent. No general infiltration
Canadian Warbler singing in Ball's Hill
swamp & another in Davis swamp.
Grosbeak sang a few times at Balls Hill
Blackburnian Warbler, 2 Black-thr Greens [Black-throated Green Warblers]
& Pine Warbler on Pine Hill. Another
Blackburnian & Pine Warbler & one
Black-throated Green near Pulpit Rock
Mosquitoes very bad. No Red-wings
along river. Gilbert [Robert A. Gilbert] motored me
to Farm for lunch & back after it
& home again in late P.M.
[margin]Saw a Painted Tortoise hurrying inland up Pine Hill & also fresh egg shells where
a skunk had raided a
Turtle's nest.[/margin]
Concord (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] Thursday, June 2, 1914 Wea [Weather]
Fair
Forenoon sunny & very warm.
Afternoon cloudy with a few rain drops.
Swainson's Thrush heard singing at
evening in shade trees, front of Howe's,
by S.O. Dexter [Smith Owen Dexter].
At 10 P.M. Dexter & I heard a Cuckoo
(Black-billed) singing near the house.
For upwards of 20 minutes it kept
it up quite as ceaselessly as any
Whippoorwill, always using the coo-
coo-coo; coo-coo-coo notes & form.
I heard it again later in the night
which was moon-lighted. A Cuckoo
(or Cuckoos) of this species has sang
freely & often after dark, near our
home for two or more night past.
There are regularly 3 Whippoorwills
singing nightly now to the W. & N.W. [west and northwest]
I hear them every evening before the
Robins & Veeries have ceased.
  Spent most of day working in 
flower garden with Burbank.
S.O. Dexter came down to supper
& stayed until 10 P.M..