Concord. (Farm)
Zeph [Zephaniah Prosser] saw 4 Deer together.
Ther [Thermometer] Wednesday, April 5, 1916 Wea [Weather] Fine
Wood Frogs in full cry
  Clear with light northerly wind. Cool
at morn [morning] & eve [evening]. Warm through day.
Snow-drops & purple ladies delights [ladies'-delights]
in bloom. Large brown Butterflies & tiny
ones similarly colored out on wing.
  Very many early spring birds.
2 pairs of Bluebirds, the males singing 
divinely; 6 or 8 Robins, at least 2 in
full song at sunset; Chickadee [in full song];
6 or 7 Song Sparrows singing sweetly
but somewhat brokenly as is their
wont at this season; about 30 Juncos
trilling ceaselessly; 2 Phoebees [Phoebes] in full
song; several Red-wings [Red-winged Blackbirds] [in full song], 4 Cowbirds
(2 [male] 2 [female]) on ground; 5 hen Pheasants
together in vegetable garden front of
house at noon; 5 Red Crossbills in
Pulpit Rock woods; Vesper Sparrow [in full song].
Wood Frogs croaking in full chorus in
pond below orchard. Zeph saw 4 Deer
together Bigelow road. Fresh tracks of doe
in our Berry Pasture.
  Spent entire day out of doors. Had
4 men burning brush in Birch Field &
about Farm. Timmy & I walked through
Berry Pasture & Run at sunset.

Concord (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] Thursday, April 6, 1916 Wea [Weather] Fine
  Sunny but hazy. Rather cool; light E. [east] wind.
Cloudy by 9 P.M. Raining heavily 10 P.M.
  Birds abundant and singing freely all
day long, filling air with that tender,
plaintive, rather subdued music characteristic
of early spring in Mass. [Massachusetts] Most of it was
contributed by Bluebirds, Song Sparrows, Phoebes,
Juncos & Red-wings [Red-winged Blackbird]. The Robins silent
through day save for occasional calling
but at evening (6.30) they sang freely
far & near uniting their voices in a
ceaseless chorus lasting about 15 minutes.
Red shouldered Hawk screaming afar off
towards Bensens in forenoon. Four
silent Fox Sparrows in orchard.
Two Tree Swallows circling high at 11 A.M.
Cock Pheasant crowed once. Solitary
Goldfinch & [solitary] Starling, on wing.
Grand chorus of Wood Frogs in pond
below orchard although it remains more
than 1/2 frozen over. No Hylas yet.
  Spent day out of doors. Burnt grass
& put up bird houses. Five men
burning brush about Cow pasture.