1906.
May 6
  Cloudy with frequent heavy showers. Dead calm all day. Ther. 50 degrees - 64 degrees
  Black & Yellow Warbler 1 male in full song in apple trees rear of house at farm, 9 A.M.
  Northern Water Thrush 1 male in full song West Bedford side of river opp. Ball's Hill, 12 noon.
  Wood Thrush 2 males in full song in Barrett Run 6 -10 A.M. & 6 P.M. Both birds bred
there last year as I imagined by their songs.
  Catbird 1 male in full song rear of Ball's Hill, 4 P.M.
  The farm was alive with birds again today but most 
of those noted were evidently "left overs" from yesterday, the only
new ones being the Wood Thrushes and the Black & Yellow Warbler.
As was the case yesterday they were nearly all in the
elms near the house, in the oaks behind the barn, and in
the apple orchards. There were almost none in the Barrett Run.
I think this may have been due to the fact that vegetation
is backward in the woods and that it is much further
advanced in the cultivated grounds of the farm.
  We spent the midday hours at Ball's Hill. There 
were very few birds there.
  I saw a Chickadee this morning enter a bird house on
a pole in the garden at the farm. It went in quickly as
if quite at home & remained inside for about a minute. I think
it must have a nest there. The box is circular, with a hole
near the top. Forbush made it of Chestnut bark. The pole
is about 15 ft. long & is set in open ground but not
far from apple trees. I have heard a Chickadee singing in
the garden several mornings of late.