1906
April 9
  Cloudy with strong and intensely chilly N. E. wind which
brought a snow storm that began shortly before dark. As I write
(at 9 P.M.) the ground is covered with snow to the depth of over
an inch.
  Drove nearly to Carlisle this forenoon. The country exceedingly
dreary- looking without the slightest trace of green grass even
on the sheltered southern expanses. Alder catkins fully grown and
almost in blossom. White pussy willows gleaming by the roadsides.
No other signs of advancing vegetation. Birds of a few kinds
rather numerous. Saw at least fifteen Robins scattered about
in the fields. There are plenty of Bluebirds. Saw them
in pairs and singly to the number of 16 or 18. Song Sparrows
were evenly distributed in suitable places but not as
abundant as they usually are at this season. Noted one
flock of Juncos (about 15) and 10 Fox Sparrows (8 of them
in our place) besides 23 at the farm. A single male Cowbird
feeding on the ground in a grassy field was the only
Blackbird of any kind that I have seen in Concord this 
spring.
  At 9 o'clock last night I heard the Barred Owl twice
in the distance towards Birch Field and apparently not far 
from Pulpit Rock. He gave the full hoot twice with
the usual deep hoarse who-a at the end. The full moon 
had just risen above the trees and was shining from
a cloudless sky.
Barred Owl (April 8)
  While listening to the Owl I heard Hylas for the first
time this spring. Their peeping comes from almost every direction
but there seemed to be only one or two in each place.
First Hylas (April 8)