Concord (Farm)
Shad bush in bloom.
Ther [Thermometer] Tuesday, May 9, 1916  Wea [Weather] Fine
First Dandelion blossoms.
[First Whippoorwill]
  Brilliantly clear with raging & chill
N.W. [northwest] wind. Only in sunny places
well sheltered from it was the air
comfortably warm even at noonday.
In such places a few Shad Bushes
came into nearly full bloom & here
& there a stray Dandelion blossom
appeared among the grass - a welcome 
sight.
  Comparatively few birds to be seen or
heard anywhere about the Farm. Most
of them were apparently silenced & also
driven into sheltering cover by the
strong, harsh wind. I noted none
new to my spring list except a Whippoorwill singing
to N.W. [northwest] at 9.30 P.M., and failed
to observe anything of special interest
in the behavior etc.of those seen.
Early this morning the [female] Robin was
again beating against pantry window.
Timmy [Brewster's dog] & I had our usual walk at
morn [morning] & eve [evening].  To my no small surprise he
started a [male] Woodcock in open ground
from S.E. [southeast] corner of our cow pasture.
  Spent most of day pruning fruit trees.
We shall have peaches, after all.

Concord (Farm & Ball's Hill)
Ther [Thermometer] Wednesday, May 10, 1916  Wea [Weather]
Fair
Early morning clear. Afterwards cloudy with
strong, cold westerly wind. Grass fields white
with hoar frost [hoarfrost] at sunrise. Graveyard pink 
in bloom.
  First noted: Indigo bird [Indigo Bunting] - handsome [male].
Birds for most part silent & comparatively
few to be seen. A Partridge drumming
near head of run & a Bittern pumping
somewhere on southern edge of Great Meadow
(still flooded). Yellow rumps [yellow-rumped warblers] still lingering
in small numbers.
  [Male] Indigo bird [[Indigo Bunting] in Forsythia bushes front of house.
  Spent forenoon at Farm pruning fruit
trees, tying up vines etc. In P.M.
went to Ball's Hill with George to
dig some seedling hemlocks. We found
plenty of them 6" [6 inches] to 15" [15 inches] tall under the
large trees on north slope of hill.
Started a hen Partridge there. No
small birds seen or heard. The
woods seemed quite lifeless & the
cabins & their surroundings looked, as
they are, deserted & neglected.
Back to Farm by 4. After that walked
through Berry Pasture with "Tiny Tim" [Timmy, Brewster's dog].