Concord, Mass.
1908
March 28.  
  Forenoon cloudy with light rain at noon. Afternoon
sunny. Very warm all day with balmy southerly winds.
  About 6 A.M. a Hairy Woodpecker called a number
of times in the elms near the house giving once the
Kingfisher-like rattle. Finally it drummed once on a
resonant limb making a long, even roll exactly like those of
the Downy, as far as I could detect.
Hairy W. drums
  A White-bellied Swallow passed over the orchard flying
due north about 11 A.M. Two hours later I saw what
was probably the same bird circle about and finally
alight on, our bird house in our garden.
Tree Swallow arrives
  At 4 P.M. I went to the swamp just below
the orchard. Wood frogs croaking and quacking there
although the little pond was more than half covered
with thick winter ice. The surface of the open water
was everywhere dotted with their these hardy Batrachians. They
were swimming about rather listlessly or floating with
only their heads showing. Some were already at their
amours or at least attempting to close with and clasp
one another. I saw one hopping sedately across a long
cake of snow covered ice. The clamor they made
was at times almost deafening & very duck-like in quality.
Wood Frogs begin croaking
  Besides the Wood Frogs I heard two Pickerings Hylas
peeping but rather feebly & listelessly - much as they
call in autumn (Dozens in full cry on afternoon of 29th.)
First Hylas
   Big flock of Juncos. One Fox Sparrows in full song.