tBv WU (4ld 
CONCORD. 
1910. 
ril I 
Were I to judge of the date by the general aspect 
of the country here just now, I should not set it earlier 
than April 25th. Never before have I known vegetation so 
far advanced at this season. The fields are vivid green; 
the spreading "blue joint" (P 
) on the river meadows 
is five or six inches high; hepaticas, blood-root and 
few blossoms on the big forsythia bush in front of the 
Barrett house opened this forenoon; the gooseberry bushes 
are green with small, newly-unfolded leaves; the Wood Frogs 
have nearly ceased croaking; the Hylas and Leopard Frogs 
are in full cry both by night and(by) day. 
I went 
morning and spent the day 
there. Bluebirds, Robins, Song Sparrows, Chickadees, a 
^urple Finch and a White-bellied Nuthatch were singing, a 
Flicker shouting and a Downy drumming near the farm-house. 
A single White-bellied Swallow was flying about the bird 
boxes. 1 heard a Pine Warbler at Ball’s Hill and Phoebes 
there, at Pine Park, at the Ritchie place and at our old 
barn. The Fox and Tree Sparrows seem to have gone by but 
I saw a solitary Junco. Red-wings and Rusties were flying 
to and fro over the uplands and singing along the river. 
Heard a Hairy Woodpecker at the house and another in 
Birch Field. Heard a Pheasant crowing in the direction 
of the pond in our 3erry Pasture; James reports hearing 
