Concord
Ther [Thermometer] Monday, May 14, 1917 Wea [Weather]
64 [degrees] max. [maximum] First trilling Garden Toads. Fine
Brilliantly clear with warm sunshine
& no more than agreeably cool wind altho. [although]
it blew strong from the N.W. [northwest]. First really
fine & altogether sunny day since May 4.
Strange to say it brought no new birds
nor were those already here at all numerous
or disposed to sing freely. Indeed I heard in
full song only one Wren, a Chippy [Chipping Sparrow], and a
White-throated Sparrow. The Robins did not
sing at all even after sunset. I see only 4 to 6
about the place now.
  Garden Toads began trilling far & near this
evening, one in pond in dooryard. Never before
have I known them so late. There was also
a ringing old-time chorus of Hylas after dark.
  Saw a handsome adult White-throat Sp. [White-throated Sparrow]
enter a coup [coop] in which hen was sitting & feed 
from her dish of cracked corn scattering it about.
Coop 3' x 2' [3 feet x 2 feet] tightly roofed & boarded with
entrance hole [illustration] in one side.
  Phoebee's [Phoebe] nest in barn cellar freshly lined with 
mud & empty. What has become of 2 eggs it held
on May 3? Were they last year's ones? One silent
bird in dooryard to-day.
  Spent most of day working in flower
garden behind house. Did not get into woods
until after sunset. No birds of any kind
singing there.

Concord
Ther [Thermometer] Tuesday, May 15, 1917 Wea [Weather]
Duck Hawk Fine
Brilliantly clear with violent N.W. [northwest] wind
so icy chill that I had to wear a heavy
winter overcoat all day even when walking
fast in sheltered woods or working hard
in the garden.
  Almost no birds to be seen or heard.
A Nuthatch, a Song Sparrow a House Wren
& a Least Flycatcher sang a few times
in early morning. Dead silence through
day & also towards evening when even
the Hylas made no sound.
The Towhee, Song Sparrow & seven
White-throated Sparrows visited our
lawn to eat millet seed put out 
for them there. One shivery looking Robin
a Bluebird & a pair of Phoebees [Phoebe] were
literally all the other small birds seen about
the place.
  A [male] Duck Hawk flying low N.E. [northeast] at
meteoric speed, lashing his long wings
ceaselessly, passed the house at 10 A.M.
  Spent most of day working in
flower garden behind house with George.
We are preparing to plant vegetables there.
Walked to Birch Field with Tim at evening.