1903
April 7
Light but steady rain all day. Warmer with S. W. wind.
  Robins and Song Sparrows sang through the entire
forenoon. I also heard a Grass Finch and a Yellow Red-poll
Warbler. A Chippy appeared in the orchard this morning
flitting from tree to tree chipping but not singing. It
is the first I have seen but Hoffman noted one in
Belmont on March 27th last!
  A Gray Squirrel, a Red Squirrel and a Chipmunk
were all busily engaged at one time & within the space
of a yard square eating Indian corn which Hanson had
thrown out in front of the barn for the Pigeons. The
men say that the Red Squirrel have only just begun
to eat it. I never knew them to do so before this
spring. This particular "Red" had lost half his tail. He
scolded his two companions incessantly but neither of
them paid any attention to him. The Gray Squirrels
here have become almost as tame as they are in 
Cambridge. Chipmunks are living at both the old & 
the new house & are as confiding & familiar as possible.
  Hylas were in full chorus this evening. I saw no
signs of Rabbits in the woods behind the barn & 
fear that there are no longer any there. Benson's 
dog spends most of his time driving them about
through the woods between here & Ball's Hill.