Concord
Ther [Thermometer] Tuesday, May 14, 1918 Wea [Weather]
Rainy
Rain began falling last night & continued
thro. [through] most of to-day, soaking deep into ground.
Rather cool. Little or no wind. 
Apple blossoms still whitening many
trees but wholly shed by others.
Gypsy larvae just hatched & rather numerous
in a few places. Mosquitos troublesome
in run.
  Bird arrivals. First Prairie Warbler [male in full song].
(unseen but heard many times in lane 3 P.M.),
Scarlet Tanager [male in full song] (in lane), Indigo bird
ad. [male adult in full song] (keeping close about house all day but
song heard only once at 8 A. M.).
Hummingbird [male] at tulips front of house.
A Golden wing Warbler [Golden-winged Warbler] heard again
today, this time in blossoming orchard near h.
North bound migrants. Tennessee Warbler [in full song] in
oaks near barn, Peabody bird [in full song] singing
near house all day.
  Spent most of forenoon in barn where
Zeph was laying new flooring. Set 
out a lot of strawberry plants in P.M.
  Walked to Cow Pasture & Pulpit Rock
just before sunset.

Concord
Ther [Thermometer] Wednesday, May 15, 1918 Wea [Weather]
Fine
Brilliantly clear with warm sun & 
cool northerly wind.
Birches, maples, barberry, alder, hazel &
most other bushes, dense with well grown
leaves. Apple trees in full leaf but many
still white with blossoms.
Choke cherry in bloom.
  Bird arrivals. Wilson's Thrush [male in full song],
in full song for 10 min. [minutes] at evening, in
the Run.
A Golden-winged [Golden-winged Warbler] and a Tennessee Warbler
singing near house at intervals.
A White-throat Sparrow [White-throated Sparrow] sang there
almost incessantly all day long. I
heard another at evening along road to
Bensens. Those two, the Tennessee & an Usnea Warbler
the only presumably north-bound migrants.
Thus far we have had few such.
  No Chipmunks near house but one
near foot of lane.
  Spent most of forenoon working
in strawberry & flower beds. Also
much of afternoon. Walked to Pulpit 
Rock & beyond at evening. 
  Gilbert [Robert A. Gilbert] gone all day to Cambridge.