1903.
March 29
  Brilliantly clear. Wind N.W. in A.M., N.E. in P.M.
Ground hard frozen & white with snow at sunrise. Ice in tub
1/4 inch thick. Pool in swamps skimmed over. All snow & frost
gone before night.
  I was in the woods & fields practically all day taking several
walks. Went to the river near Birch Island and to Benson's field
in P.M. Birds silent & apparently scarce. Bluebirds sing a
little at sunrise and Robins at sunset. Heard only one Song
Sparrow. Saw a Fox Sparrow near the house and heard another
sing over near Benson's. Found a male Pine Warbler on the side
of the road between Benson's and the school house. It was
chirping excitedly in a pine. A few moments later it flew
out into the pasture on the opposite side of the road and
joined a pair of Bluebirds hopping about on the ground &
every now and then flying up & alighting on a fence post
or weed stalk.
  A Partridge was drumming steadily at 8 A.M. in the woods
near Pulpit Rock. It is the first I have heard this spring.
I started two or three others during the day.
  Listened in vain for the Woodcock at evening. Heard only
a few Hylas - less than half-a-dozen in all.
  The grass is green everywhere in the fields & pastures.
Tree hyacinths are in full blossom in front of the farm house.
The crocuses have all finished blooming there.