Concord, Mass.
1914.
March 17
to
May 31.

March

  I was in Concord this spring quite continuously from
March 17 to April 2 and later (after a visit to Washington) almost
the entire time from April 18 to June 5. When I first reached there
there was plenty of snow in the woods but little or none in fields &
roads. The channel of the river was open but fields of ice still
covered much of the flooded meadows. Up to the close of March the
weather was for the most part cold with occasional light snow falls
& the ground hard frozen almost every morning but the 25th [March 25, 1914] 26th [March 26, 1914] &
27th [March 27, 1914] were comparatively warm days on the last of which [March 27, 1914] the temperature
rose to 72 [degrees]. Up to this time birds had been very scarce with almost
no migrants coming from the South but there was a general arrival 
of Bluebirds on the 26th [March 26, 1914] and a perfect flood of Robins, Bluebirds &
Song Sparrows on the 27th [March 27, 1914] when I also noted the first Phoebees [Phoebes], Cow-birds,
Red-wings [Red-winged Blackbird] & Rusty Blackbirds - all exceptionally late, of course.
Fox Sparrows began coming on the 29th [March 29, 1914] and there was a rather strong 
flight of Juncos on the 30th [March 30, 1914]. One Hyla peeping & 2 Wood Frogs croaking on 31st [March 31, 1914].