Concord, Mass.
1914.
March 20 - 31.

Wintry conditions & continued scarcity of birds
First Song Sparrow
First moth
First Bluebird
Sparrow H
Bronzed Grackles
Crows migrating singly

  The 20th [March 20, 1914] & 21st [March 21, 1914] were cold days which failed to bring
any migrants from the South. During a snow storm on
the 22nd [March 22, 1914] a Song Sparrow, the very first harbinger of
spring, appeared in the Forsythia thicket in front of
our house but uttered only a few calls. The 23rd [March 23, 1914] was
a chilly day with snow squalls & without other than
winter birds. The 24th [March 24, 1914] was clear, calm and comfortably
warm but I noted nothing of interest save a large
brown moth and a Shrike in full song in an apple tree
The 25th [March 25, 1914] was sunny, almost windless & very warm
Heard my first Bluebird. A Nuthatch & a Chickadee
singing near the house & Red-Shouldered Hawk screaming 
in the distance. Saw a Sparrow Hawk alight in the
big elm in dooryard. Gilbert saw a flock of 9 Bronzed
Grackles flying northward, high up, at 8 A.M. Straggling
north-bound flight of Crows 8-10 A.M. About 30 birds
passed, mostly singly, never more than 3 or 4 together, some
at immense height looking no bigger than Robins.