Concord, Mass.
1911.
May 4
[May 4, 1911]  Clear with cold N.W. [Northwest] wind. Thermometer 25 [degrees] at sunrise (fide James)[.]

Vegetation

  After spending a week in Cambridge I returned to Concord
this morning to find the general aspect of the country considerably 
changed. Apple trees, choke cherry and barberry bushes are green with
young foliage. Shad bush is almost in bloom. Plum trees are white
with blossoms. Of birds not seen before this year I noted a Towhee,
a King bird, a Least Flycatcher and five Barn Swallows. Also 1 Martin.

Sharp-shin Hawk

  While I was at the Ritchie place about 6 P.M. a very small
high-colored [male] sharp-shinned Hawk alighted among dense foliage in
a red pine within 30 yards of me and sat there several
minutes, evidently watching for prey. At length he crossed an open
space with the peculiar undulating, bounding flight often practised [practiced] by
this species and alighted on the stone wall by the road. As he did
so a Song Sparrow dove into some bushes within a rod of him
with a loud cheeping outcry but he seemed not to notice it.
Finally he crossed the road & Mr. Horn's field flying straight