Concord (Farm)
First Plum & Cherry blossoms.
Ther [Thermometer] Sunday, May 7, 1916  Wea [Weather] Fair
Pigeon Hawk & Sharp-shin [Sharp-shinned Hawk].
  Partly sunny; mostly cloudy. Distant
thunder & sprinkle of rain at sunset. Strong,
cool west wind blowing all day. Plum trees
in nearly full bloom, cherry trees showing a
few blossoms. Both uncommonly belated.
  First noted: House Wren singing at sunrise
& later front of house. Entering boxes freely.
Delightful bird music through forenoon.
[female] Robin beating ceaselessly for hours (11 A.M.[-] 3 P.M.0
against back hall wind [window] from which we
removed cloth this morning.
  Standing in cultivated field front of house at
9 A.M. I saw two small Hawks coming, one
following the other about 50 ft. [50 feet] up. They came
straight to within 60 yds. [60 yards] & then began arching
& soaring & swooping downward to bound upward
again. One was a [male] Sharp-shin [Sharp-shinned Hawk], the other a [female]
Pigeon Hawk. Watching them closely I saw that
the Falcon was always the aggressor in the
lunging attacks which however were obviously
purely sportive & evidently not at all disturbing
to the Sharp-shin [Sharp-shinned Hawk] who took them calmly
enough merely dodging when too closely pressed.
He kept silent but at every swoop the Pigeon
Hawk uttered cree, cree, cree notes shrill &
squealing, somewhat like a Duck Hawk's but
more disconnected & never more than 3 or 4 in
number. The Falcon's flight was swift & suggestive
of [?], the Accipiter's buoyant & more
leisurely. Yet at times they moved & looked
very nearly alike. They finally rose high
& went off eastward together. 
  Timmy [Brewster's dog] & I went to Birch Field at
morn & eve. He started a Rabbit there.
  I wrote letters through day. Mrs. Melvin
called at 12.30.

Concord (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] Monday, May 8, 1916  Wea [Weather]
Perfect.
  Brilliantly clear & agreeably warm; light
variable winds, mostly easterly. Raining at 9 P.M.
  Tulips in full bloom. Mertensia beginning.
Blood root [Bloodroot] past. Viola saggitata [sagittata] at its best.
A few Houstonias. Barberries, paper birches &
apple trees green with tiny leaves.
Hylas & Garden Toads still in full cry.
First yellow Butterfly.
  First noted: Wood Thrush [male] [in full song] singing in
run near foot of lane 5-6 A.M. when I 
listened to it as I lay in bed with my
window open, precisely as happened at the
same hour, but one day later in the month,
last year. I wonder if this was the selfsame
bird and if now, as then, it will not be
heard a second time. It was a rather
inferior singer.
  Despite the perfect May weather there
was comparatively little bird music even
at early morn. Few north-bound migrants
passing. Only obvious one a [male] Yellow-rump [Yellow-rumped Warbler].
  Spent forenoon working in flower garden,
afternoon at Barrett spring where George & I
graded about dam & set out laurels.