Bethel
Wea. [Weather] MON. JAN. 7, 1901 [January 7, 1901] Ther. [Thermometer]
22 [degrees]
30 [degrees]
  Cloudy, calm, snowing all day but
so lightly that scarce two inches fell.
  At 9.30 walked to rabbit trap & [and] back. It was
just beginning to snow fast & [and] dead silence
reigned in the woods.
In P.M. (3 - 4) the Doctor & [and] I walked to Glen
Brook. It was still snowing a little. The
evergreens were delicately powdered & [and] tipped - 
saw only two trails - those of a squirrel & [and] Partridge.
Started [?] Partridge among dense young spruces
Heard Chickadees & [and] a Nuthatch.
Wea. [Weather] TUESDAY 8 [January 8, 1901] Ther. [Thermometer]
18 [degrees]
30 [degrees]
Tuesday 8th January 1901
  Cloudless but hazy. A.M. calm,
light S. [South] wind in P.M
  Walked to rabbit trap after breakfast.
Heard Jays, Chickadees & [and] Kinglets. The Doctor
& [and] Mrs. Gehring went through the Glen Woods.
They saw a number of fresh tracks of Rabbits
& [and] one of a Fox.
  The Doctor & [and] I went to Paradise Hill in P.M.
I took the 4 X 5 Ray Camera & [and] exposed 10 plates
most of them on the north slope of the Hill. 
Returned across [?] partly through the woods. 
No birds seen or heard during this walk. 
One trail of a fox  & [and] several of mice.
Bethel
Wea. [Weather] WED. [Wednesday] JAN. 9, 1901 [January 9, 1901] Ther. [Thermometer]
24 [degrees]
41 [degrees]
  Fair sky filled with clouds, sun shining
brightly out at short intervals. Wind N.W. [Northwest]
strong in late P.M.
  To rabbit trap at 9 A.M. A rabbit had been 
in it & [and] had eaten the bait but escaped. A
lot of birds collected in the birch [and] evergreen thickets
near the trap. There were 5 Chickadees, a Kinglet,
a Creeper, a Canada nuthatch & [and] a Blue Jay besides
a solitary Tree Sparrow. The Chickadees were eating from
a large beef bone that we put up to attract foxes.
In P.M. took the usual trail through the
Glen Woods branching off at the second opening, 
[?], & [and] striking through the dense woods towards
Rose Meadow. Had [?] reached it when one of my
snow shoe straps broke & [and] I had to turn back. 
Saw 2 Brown Creepers together & [and] heard a Canada nuthatch.
The snow has now settled to less than a foot in the [?].
Wea. [Weather] THURSDAY 10 [January 10, 1901] Ther. [Thermometer]
14 [degrees]
24 [degrees]
  Cloudy with snow falling steadily from
9 A.M. until bed time but so sparsely
that only an inch or two covered the ground
at nightfall. There was a mere breath of
wind & [and] that from the S.E. [Southeast]
  Walked to rabbit trap at 9.30 A.M.
The woods were impressively silent & [and] deserted
the fine, dry snow sifting down through the trees.
Wrote all the forenoon at the Cambridge Birds. 
To the village at 4 P.M. making
a few purchases & [and] paying some bills
2 Chickadees at the house suet the only
birds seen to-day.