Cambridge, Mass.
1900
April 29
to                          
May 3  
  I returned to Cambridge on the afternoon of
the 29th and spent the following day and the
first three days of May superintending some rather
extensive planting operations on the old place.
  I found vegetation much further advanced than at
Concord. A few cherry blossoms (the first, Walter says)
were out on my arrival and by May 2nd these trees
were in nearly full bloom. Hepaticas were past, blood-
root passing, Claytonia & Dicentra in full bloom,
Cowslips opened on the 1st and violets of several
species the same day. By the 3rd the lilies were
sufficiently leafed out to cast an agreeable shade.
The weather was fine & warm up to the 3rd when
a heavy rain continued through the day.
Vegetation
  The following birds were noted in the Garden: - On
April 30, Yellow Warbler male* (arrival), Canada Nuthatch (heard)
Cedar birds (heard) Chimney Swifts (heard - arrival for Cambridge)
Goldfinches 4 in spruce, two of them (2 males) in parti-coloured
yellow & gray plumage.
Garden Birds
  May 1: Redstart male ad. (singing in lindens at sunrise &
later, & the first seen here this season), Yellow rumped Warbler
male in lindens, Black & White Creeper male (in pear orchard)
Red Crossbill (heard flying over)
  May 2: The Yellow Warbler & Redstart singing all day. Nothing
new.
  May 3: stormy; no observations.
  Besides the above named I noted daily Robins
(about two pairs), Chipping Sparrows (a pair), Bronzed
Grackles (flying over both east & west). On the 2nd a Flicker
shouted & a Chickadee gave the phoebee call.
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