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Concord, Mass.
1897
April 24
  Clear and very warm with light S.W. wind.
  Spent most of the day staking and tying up
the young pines in the new plantation on the road
to Bensen's. The strong S.W. winds of the past few days
have loosened them in the sandy soil & the sun is
drying up the roots.
  Purdie arrived by the noon train. After supper
we walked to Bensen's pine ridge and back by the
landing where we heard several Snipe drumming over
the Great Meadows.
" [April] 25
  Clear and a really hot day for the season the
thermometer rising to 82 [degrees] at 2 P.M. Wind S.W. & very
strong in the afternoon.
  We rose late and did not start out until 10 A.M.
When Will Bartlett came by appointment & we all took
a walk together following the river paths to Birch
Island, then striking inland and wandering about
through Lawrence's & Mrs. Barrett's woods.
  Birds were silent & apparently scarce. We heard only
a very few sing a D. virens, two M. varia & a 
Field Sparrow besides a few Song Sparrows, three
Pine Warblers, some Red-wings etc. Saw no less than
three Sitta canadensis, one on Davis's Hill, a pair 
on Bensen's pine ridge. 
  Purdie & I took another walk at evening hearing
Snipe drumming & cackling on the Great Meadows.