1893 
May 1 
Concord, Mass.

Cloudy with chill  E. wind and heavy rain in the forenoon                 
[?] , shrubs (Ledium, Kolinna glanea & And [?] and
the Hepaticas collected yesterday in Lincohn, padding
down immediately  after breakfast and sailing home
in time for dinner at six o'clock. It was a row,
gloomy day and very few birds to be seen or
heard.  A White - throated sparrow was singing  [?]
the cabin and a L [?] Sparrow on the meadows.
the Bitt [?] was pumping when I went down river
in the morning & again as I was returning in
the afternoon.  The only arrivals  [?] Chimney                       
Swifts of which I saw a flock of twelve on Balls'
Hill in the forenoon and another of six over the meadows
in the afternoon. It is [?] that  [?] 
him yesterday. I heard one Bobolink today singing
high in the air over Balls' Hill & probably [?].   the
Yellow [?]  & Yellow Palm Wobblers were  represented by
only a few stragglers, [?]/ I noted only a Ruby-crow.
A Hairy Woodpecker calling on the hill in the afternoon.
[margin]Balls'   Hill[margin]
[margin]  Arrival of Chimney Swifts[margin]

Early in the forenoon the Blue Jays came flying past                       
when I was working  screaming loudly. Then they turned
back towards Bensens' & presently returned with two more.
Again they flew back and soon after eight came
past flying in a bunch like Blackbirds, all screaming
at over & all alighting together in one time.  They acted
like migrants first arrival from the South.
[margin]Strange behavior of Blue Jays[margin]

Saw a pair of Kingfishers  the male chasing the female                  

[margin]Kingfishers[margin]