Wea. [Weather] WED. [Wednesday] MARCH 4, 1903 Ther. [Thermometer]
33 [degrees]
50 [degrees]
Clear with light N. [north] wind.
A beautiful spring-like day.
  C. [Caroline] & I walked up Highland St.
after breakfast. I spent remainder 
of day working on text of my
Cambridge Birds.
C. [Caroline] dined with Walter & Margie
Deane, Mrs. Edmond Wyman & Miss
Fannie Philbrook at 6.30. I spent evening alone.
Flicker ([male]) & Blue Jay (screaming) in Garden.
Wea. [Weather] Thursday 5 [March 5, 1903] Ther. [Thermometer]
32 degrees
46 degrees.
Cloudy with a fine, drizzling
rain.
  C. [Caroline] & I walked to Gray's Woods just
after breakfast. I spent the 
remainder of the day in the
museum working on my Introduction
which I have just taken up again.
Angell of Angel & Cash called
in P.M. to fix [?] the Ipswich Swan
which his firm mounted for us.
Margie & Walter Deane, Mrs. Dexter & her
daughters Mary & E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] dined with C. [Caroline]
& me at 7 p.m. & spent the evening.
A Flicker in Garden.
Wea. [Weather] FRI. [Friday] MARCH 6, 1903 Ther. [Thermometer]
32 [degrees]
47 [degrees]
Clear with light W. [west] wind.
  Walked to St. Johns with C. [Caroline] after breakfast
leaving her there & returning through
Berkeley St. where I hoped to see Grackles
but did not. Spent rest of day
working on my Introduction. I am
still on the Fresh Pond Marshes & Alewife
Brook. The thing goes slowly enough.
A dozen or more snow drops in full bloom
in front of Museum. We saw the white buds
three days ago. No sign of crocus flowers yet.
A Flicker, a Blue Jay & a Chickadee in Garden.
Wea. [Weather] Saturday 7 [March 7, 1903] Ther. [Thermometer]
26 [degrees]
53 [degrees]
Clear, calm, mild. A weather -
breeder kind of day. Snow drops 
in front of Museum nearly all in full
bloom. One yellow crocus bud about to open.
Spent day in museum working on my
Introduction. The Comey & Griswold
youths called in p.m. Comey saw about
a dozen Red-wings in Fr.P. [Fresh Pond] swamps this
morning. R.S. Eustis noted the first arrival
of the species on the 4th. No Grackles
reported yet. Chickadee phoe-beeing in
our Garden. Karl says a Flicker was
shouting there early this morning.