Concord, Mass.
1910.
May 31
[May 31, 1910]

  Forenoon rainy; afternoon fair with occasional glimmers of sunlight.
  Cool with wind at first easterly, afterwards W. [west] to N.W. [northwest].
  The only north-bound migrant noted was a Black-poll Warbler
singing in the oak grove at the farm.

Phoebees feeding young in nest on Dragon flies.

  I spent most of the day re-arranging things in our barn
cellar with the help of two men. The Phoebees have a nest there
in the usual place on a shingle nailed to a beam near an open
window, at a height of about seven feet. At first they were greatly 
disturbed by our presence but they became reconciled to it as the
day wore on. They were feeding five young almost fully grown &
fledged but still in the nest. Both birds came with food in
their bills every two or three minutes & sometimes every minute.
Sometimes they came together, sometimes singly. Nearly half the
time they brought Dragon-flies some of the largest size. These
were given to the young just as they were caught with the large
gauzy wings, the long body etc. intact. They were swallowed
almost at a gulp by the ravenous young which kept up a low