Cambridge - Concord
Ther [Thermometer] Thursday, May 2, 1918 Wea [Weather]
Fine
 Clear with light westerly wind.
Early morning cool. Afternoon &
evening warm.
Cherry trees in full bloom.
  Garden birds. A Purple Finch in
[female] pl. [plumage] by pond front of Museum;
a handsome ad. [adult] White throat
Sparrow [White-throated Sparrow] singing rather freely;
[male] [female] Robins; [male] [female] Blue Jays.
  Concord Farm. 2 Robins (2 [in full song]). A
Song Sparrow [in full song], a Tree Swallow,
3 White-thr. Sparrows [White-throated Sparrow], a Phoebe [Phoebee],
a Partridge, a Pheasant.
Hylas & Garden Toads in full
cry everywhere at evening.
  Spent afternoon putting away things
for summer & packing others for Concord.
Left house at 2.15 with Gilbert [Robert A. Gilbert]
in Ford car. Went via Arlington, Lex. [Lexington]
& Bedford. Took several walks about
Farm before night.

Concord.
Ther [Thermometer] Friday, May 3, 1918 Wea [Weather]
1 Bat in Shed loft. Fine.
  Clear & warm with light, variable
wind, mostly easterly. Vegetation
almost as far advanced as in
Cambridge but no cherry blossoms yet.
Grass in dooryard long enough for first
cutting with lawn mower & superbly rich
& green. Red maples still in flower.
  Many birds singing through forenoon;
near house Robins, Song Sparrow,
Peabody bird, Chippies [Chipping Sparrow], Field Sparrow, 
Grass Finches, Meadow Lark, Chickadee,
Black & White Creeper, Dend. virens [Dendroica virens] etc.
2 Yellow rumps [Yellow-rumped Warbler] & 3 or 4 Yellow Palm
Warblers in orchard. 2 Towhees in
lilac hedge.
  Prof. Norton came down to see
me in forenoon. We had a good
walk in the woods to Birch Field
& Pulpit Rock. I enjoyed talking
with him - as always - he is so
intelligent & so deeply interested in
everything pertaining to Nature.
  Burbank & I put up several bird
houses & 3 Tree Swallows came to them
at once. I did a lot of pruning at
different times. My strength returning
fast now.