Concord, Mass.
1909.
March 24
  Brilliantly clear with light W. wind through forenoon. 
Clouds gathered in late afternoon and wind changed to
N.E. at sunset. Warm in middle of day (50 degrees) but
cold last night (26 degrees). Saw two J. alba Butterflies. The
bees that live in the woods of the old farm house were
out in myriads & buzzing noisily about the entrance hole. 
  A Flicker was shouting near the house at
sunrise and a Robin in full song just before sunset.
Heard Bluebirds singing at intervals through the
forenoon. No Song Sparrows heard but one seen at
Ritchie place.
Birds heard singing
  Gilbert told me yesterday that House Sparrows
were roosting in front of our Bungalow. I went there
this evening, about sunset, taking my 20 g. gun. The
Sparrows were making a great chattering & calling in
the bushy young pines. I went through these from end to
end shaking the trees & shouting. Not a Sparrow could I
see or drive out although I heard many of them flutter close
to me. I then went outside & threw in stones when all the
birds dashed out & alighted in leafless trees where I killed
five in three shots. Ground under pines white with droppings.
Sparrows roost on Farm