1892
April 13
Concord, Massachusetts.
Mass.
Concord. - Morning clear, mid-day & afternoon cloudy at
times. High N. W. wind. Middle of day warm but
morning & evening cold.
  Since the 7th, when the warm spell came to an end,
the weather has been uniformly clear, cold and
blustering with high N. W. winds. The thermometer
has fallen to or a little below 30[degrees] every night but
the mid-day sun has of course prevented the
formation of any permanent ice.
  During this period I have not been once away from
the Buttricks' farm but with the exception of Sunday
(the 10th) I have been out-of-doors most of the time
watching the work on my new boat house by the
river landing. Thus I have seen something of the
birds. Few if any have arrived since the 7th and
probably none with us at that date have as yet
gone further north. One or two Yellow Palm Warblers
have been always present among the apple trees on
the slope of the steep bank above the landing and
here also have come Blackbirds, Song Sparrows, Pewees,
and occasionally a Fox Sparrow. A pair of Bluebirds
have chosen a very small hole (that of a Downy
Woodpecker) in a maple by the landing for their
nest and  on the morning of the 9th the [female] was
taking in big mouthfulls of dry grass. Perhaps
my carpenters, who have been working directly under
the tree, have interrupted further nest building but
the birds certainly have not deserted as yet.
There has been little singing by the Robins for the
past week. The grass is now tinged with green
everywhere & the frost is practically all out.
[margin]Bluebirds
building[/margin]
[margin]Robins[/margin]