Concord, Mass.
1910.
April 7 [April 7, 1910]
(No 3)
  The bensoin bush near the cabin was in full
bloom to-day. The shad bushes look as if they
might open their blossoms at any moment. Rue anemone
saxifrage & a few graveyard pink blossoms appeared on 
the south side of the hill. Barberry bushes have unfolded
small leaves and the tender young foliage of the white willow
is apparent at considerable distances. The red maples
are still very beautiful but their blossoms are beginning to
fall. The country looks as it usually does about May 1st.
Progress of vegetation 
  About 10 A.M. we heard Canada Geese bugling in the
distance. Everyone ran to the river bank to look for them.
Presently the flock appeared at an immense height (fully
400 ft. I should say). Gilbert counted 42 birds. They passed
to the east of Ball's Hill & kept on in a perfectly straight
course towards the north-east. They looked no larger than
Pigeons. No sound came from them after we first saw them.
Still another flock of Wild Geese