Concord (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] Monday, April 17, 1916 Wea [Weather]
Dull.
Cloudy with light, warm S.W. [southwest]
wind which brought rain in late P.M.
Vegetation beginning to advance.
Gooseberry bushes alread [already] green
with partly expanded leaves. Alders
hung with yellow catkins. A few
Red Maples in blossom. Lilac buds
about to burst. Grass very green.
First noted: Ruby-crown Kinglet [Ruby-crowned Kinglet] [in full song]
(Birch Field), Field Sparrow (our
apple orchard), Barn Swallow (by
Dexter, at Concord) Purple Finch [in full song]
(first for our Farm), Marsh Hawk
[male] flying over Lawrence's field)
  Spent forenoon setting out rose
bushes with Burbank, pruning
thimbleberries & other farm work.
  Dexter came down to dinner.
After it we had a pleasant &
interesting walk through Birch Field
& about Farm. Robins, Bluebirds,
Vesper [Vesper Sparrow], Song & Field Sparrows, Goldfinch,
& Ruby Crown [Ruby-crowned Kinglet] singing freely. Back by 4 P.M.

Wood Frogs & Hylas silent through day, singing numerously after dark

Concord (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] Tuesday, April 18, 1916 Wea [Weather]
Cold & drear
  Cloudy with strong, cold north
wind accompanied, in late P.M.
& evening, by frequent showers of
sleety rain.
  Birds not much in evidence &
for the most part silent although
2 Flickers shouted incessantly in
forenoon. I heard no Robin & only a
little Bluebird or Song Sparrow music.
Five Rusty Blackbird [Rusty Blackbirds] in elm by cow
pasture uttering their jingling medley.
A Meadow Lark [Meadowlark] singing in Lawrence field.
Started 3 Partridges (2 [males], 1 [female]) in Birch
Field, one of the cocks flying from
a stone wall where he had been heard
drumming a few moments before.
  Frogs severely silent all day.
  Zeph described drumming of Snipe at
night near his house at Carlisle & says
they have been at it much of late.
  Spent forenoon with Burbank
transplanting fruit & other trees. Walked
through Birch Field after dinner. At
4 P.M. motored to Concord & took
Mrs. Melvin to Sleepy Hollow where we
discussed & settled on the planting of
more laurels & some beeches.