Concord, Mass.
(The Farm)
1900.
April 25
  Brilliantly clear with strong N.W. wind. Ther. 33 degrees - 68 degrees.
A heavy white frost early this morning.
  Spent the day at the farm driving up in the
early morning and back at 6 P.M. Saw only the
common birds & made no observations of any
particular interest. Heard a Canada nuthatch at
Ball's Hill in the early morning. Purdie saw three
Yellow Palm Warblers there and two more in the
region west of the farm. No arrivals were noted
to-day. A female Bluebird was building in my
orchard this morning. She alighted on a gate & 
stripped shreds of loose bark from the top rail
(a red cedar pole).
  There were one or two Chippies & five Purple Finches
in the old orchard. The Purple Finches were a 
fine red male & four gray birds. They were
eating buds & hopping about on the ground under
the trees.
Purple Finches
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