Wea[ther] THUR[sday] DEC[ember] 13, 1900 Ther[mometer]
  Cloudy. Wind N[orth]e[ast] to N[orth]w[est], light
  A gloomy day with light flurries of snow.
Dr. Gehring departed for Portland this
morning to stay until to-morrow.
I spent the forenoon writing. In the
later P.M. walked up the wood road
for a little more than a mile. The trodden
snow in the roadway had softened very
noticeably although the ther[mometer] did not rise above
20 [degrees] to-day & there was no sun. Saw 3
Chickadees together in Alders & made one of them
whistle phoebe. No fresh tracks.
Wea[ther] FRIDAY [December] 14[,] [1900] Ther[mometer]
+2 [degrees]
+12 [degrees]
  Brilliantly clear; calm.
  Received my new Folding Kodak camera yesterday
& tested it this forenoon exposing a dozen
film plates along the street to the village
& from our piazza. The sun was warm & 
I was perfectly comfortable without cotton
gloves or overcoat.
  Late in p.m. walked up Paradise Hill
to beyond the apple orchard where the
road became too difficult to follow further.
The sunset was very fine.
  Developed my films in the evening
No birds to-day.
Wea[ther] SAT[urday] DEC[ember] 15, 1900 Ther[mometer]
+1 [degrees]
+24 [degrees]
  Cloudless, no wind.
  Spent A.M. photographing near house. Up
wood road to Balsam Knoll 2.30 - 4 P.M. taking
4 pictures there. Found track of large wild cat
which had crossed road at right angles making jumps
of to 2 to 5 f[ee]t. The track was sometimes [drawing]
sometimes [drawing], the former arrangement of prints like
those of Rabbit. The prints of hind feet were 2 1/2 to
3 in[ches] across (estimated). Some of them were very distinct
Also found trail of Porcupine heading to hemlock.
A solitary Chickadee the only bird seen or heard.
Wea[ther] SUNDAY [December] 16[,] [1900] Ther[mometer]
+2 [degrees]
+14 [degrees]
  Brilliantly clear without a breath
of wind.
  Spent 2 hours up the wood road this A.M.
starting at 11.30 & walking to the crossroads
(about 2 m[iles]). It was simply heavenly in
the woods. The sun was warm the air soft
& windless. Birds out in unusual numbers.
Heard a Canadian Nuthatch, Chickadees in 3 places,
Kinglets in 2 places. Startled 2 Partridges from
tops of tall trees near together & saw tracks of another.
Snow everywhere marked with footprints of rabbits.
Saw many fox trails also & several of Porcupines.