1906.
April 6
Concord, Mass.
Cloudy with raw N.W.wind.
  Came to Concord alone yesterday afternoon
and spent the night in the village at the Colonial (formerly 
the Thoreau) House. A Robin in full song about sunrise.
  Edward Emerson called in the forenoon. He said that
a few "frogs" were heard for the first time on the evening of
the 4th and that "they were in full cry" last evening. 
I inferred that they were Hylas but he did not say so.
  James came for me at 2 P.M. and we drove 
to the farm where I am to remain for the present
as I have a rheumatic knee and cannot walk much.
I had intended to go to the cabin to begin with but
that is out of the question just now.
  On the drive down I saw no birds save a flock
of six Fox Sparrows near Pratts and three Bluebirds 
opposite Petersens. A Robin sang well for a couple of
minutes at evening in the big elms near the farm house.
  Mr. Emerson told me that no Geese have been 
reported to him this spring but Pat Flannery says
that he has seen a flock of 29 passing over the village
on April 4.
  The river is over the meadows but not nearly
so high as it usually is at this time. The snow
is all gone in the fields but there are drifts under
pines in the woods. The grass is brown & lifeless
everywhere and the country wears a dreary, sodden
aspect.