Cambridge
Ther [Thermometer] Saturday, Mar. 31, 1917 [March 31, 1917] Wea [Weather]
Fair.
Early morning sunny. Sky overcast
by 10 A.M. & through remainder of day.
Air chilly but not frosty & almost
windless.
  Garden birds. A handsome, familiar [male]
Robin running about our flower beds,
within a few yards of men raking them,
and singing well but not loudly for a
minute or two at 6 P.M.  Peabody bird
in nearly full song. Silent Song Sparrow
& Fox Sparrow in shrubbery by Museum.
Several Grackles in Jungle. Flicker
shouting afar off. Only 3 or 4 House
Sparrows one [male] collecting building materials.
  Spent most of day writing letters
& putting things away for summer.
A "Hare & Hounds" party of young girls from
Buckingham School invaded garden about
noon scattering paper "scent" broadcast in
Jungle. I made them gather it all up.
About 15 boys members of a juvenile Bird
Club, came at 5 P.M. to see collection.
They were very boyish & excitable &
much interested in everything they saw.

Cambridge
Ther [Thermometer] Sunday, April 1, 1917 Wea [Weather]
42 [degrees] Fine
Clear & cool with light westerly wind
Snow & ice practically all gone, even
from shaded places. Not much frost
in ground exposed to sunlight.
Lawns still sere & brown for most 
part. Crocuses, Squills & snow drops
blooming freely & numerously.
Maple trees thick with blossoms.
Spirea leaves unfolding - some out
as big as mouse ears.
  Garden birds. [male] [female] Robins together
in flower beds with 2 Fox Sparrows
and a Song Sparrow all feeding
silently there just before sunset.
The White-throat sang repeatedly there.
13 Grackles on ground in Jungle
all day long. Flicker shouting
cheerily in early morn. One
Crow; half a dozen House Sparrows.
  Spent part of day in Museum
writing letters. Miss Allyn at dinner.
Wm. Hayward [William Hayward] & daughter called in P.M.
E. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] read Pride & Prejudice to C. [Caroline Brewster] & me this eve [evening]