Concord (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] Wednesday, May 3, 1916  Wea [Weather]
Fair
Forenoon sunny but hazy; afternoon
cloudy with distant thunder. Light
cool W. [west] to S.W. [southwest] wind.
  Toads trilling & Hylas peeping
ceaselessly after dark. A few tulips in
bloom. Gooseberries in full, barberries in 
partial leaf.
  First noted: Nashville Warbler 1 [in full song] (in
trees near big elm), Solitary Vireo 1 [in full song] (in
Cedar Park), Least Flycatcher 1 (calling in
orchard).
  About a dozen Yellow rumps [Yellow-rumped Warblers], at best
one Yellow Palm warbler, a B. & W. 
Creeper [Black-and-White Creeper], a Purple Finch, 3 Goldfinches (one
ad [adult] [male] in nearly full nuptial pl. [plumage]) one or
two Chippies [Chipping Sparrows] & at least a dozen House
Sparrows, in apple & other trees near house.
6 Swallows about boxes. Kingfisher
perched at pond, rattling long & loud.
Robin building in pines. Robins &
Phoebe serenely silent.
  Working all day with Burbank & George.
We transplanted spruces & Bank's pines in
A.M., & set out 300 strawberry plants in P.M.

Concord (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] Thursday, May 4, 1916 Wea [Weather] Fine
[male] Evening Grosbeak visits our Farm
Early morning cloudy & misty. After that cloudless skies,
light N.W. [northwest] wind, warm sunshine. Heavy thunder shower last night.
  First noted: Oven bird [ovenbird] 1 [in full song] (in run), Bittern 1 [in full song]
heard at eve [evening] from house, in direction Bigelow Brook.
  Just before breakfast (7 A.M.) I saw through front
window (plate glass) a bird flying from Cedar Park across
open field to our big elm in the top of which it alighted.
At first glance I took it to be a Rose breast [Rose-breasted Grosbeak]
but as soon as it perched saw, with aid of opera glasses,
that it was a [male] Evening Grosbeak. The next instant
Gilbert [Robert Alexander Gilbert] & I rushed out to hear it calling loudly
& incessantly using the House Sparrow note, sometimes
closely followed by a rolling or chuckling whistle.
Soon after this it flew across the road to a wild
apple tree near our well house, perching there
only about 10 ft. [feet] above the ground. here we 
approached it, closely (within 20 yds [20 yards]) & viewed it
for several minutes in good light. It showed an
unusual amount of yellow (especially on the
back) & this of an exceptionally pale cast. There
was also much conspicuous white. Its next
flight was up the road to an oak near our [?]
box. Thence it soon took a much longer one
to a tall [chestnut?] near Bigelow Road where
I could see it only as a tiny dot, through 
my glass. We had it in sight altogether
about 10 minutes. It called ceaselessly all
the while as if seeking a response from
others of its kind but none answered. Always
the calls were only the House Sparrow one &
the rolling whistle (short & guttural). When
perched it sat bolt upright & never once
moved save to fly again.
  Motored to Concord at 9 A.M. called
at Town Hall where Miss Roberts showed me
a beautiful lot of painting. Thence to
Sleepy Hollow where I supervised the planting
of 100 mountain laurels bought at Shady Hill
House by 11. Working at planting in P.M.
Burbank & I sprayed gooseberry & currant
bushes. Timmy got at one & lapped it a little
before I could stop him.