Bethel, Me. [Maine]
Wea. [Weather]  Thur. [Thursday] June 4, 1903 Ther. [Thermometer]
68 [degrees]
Cloudless but very smoky, the
nearer mts. [mountains] visible however.
  Walked out along Grover Hill Road
after breakfast to the intervale beyond
the brook. Wilsons Black Cap [Wilson's Blackcap] [in full song] , [male] Marsh
Hawk, Traills Flycatchers [Traill's flycatcher] 2 Juncos [in full song] etc.
  In P.M. walked to cemetery with
Dr. G. [Gehring] D.caerulescens [Dendroica caerulescens] [male in full song], Contopus borealis 1 [in full song]
Woods & swamps dried to crisp.
Wea. [Weather]  Friday 5 [June 5, 1903] Ther. [Thermometer]  
Cloudless but smokier than ever. Sun
casting no shadow, no sunshine, & looking 
like a big red ball. Smoke made our
eyes smart painfully.
  I walked alone to Lucy Larcom
ledge after breakfast. Found pair of
Migrant Shrikes on intervale road just
beyond depot. [female] carrying a Bank Swallow.
She impaled it beside an impaled [female] Bluebird
Dr. G. [Gehring] & I drove to the Ledge in P.M.
Climbed hill behind. Full of spring &
little brooks. A few migrants here still.
Heard 5 [male] [in full song] Blackpolls & 1 Emp.flav [Empidonax flaviventris]
on intervale. Went to party in
[margin] town hall in evening [/margin]
Bethel, Me. [Maine]
Wea. [Weather]  Sat. [Saturday] June 6, 1903 Ther. [Thermometer]
Cloudless, calm, densely
smoky. Warmer.
  Walked back into the fields behind
the house after breakfast & again at
evening. A Hermit, an Olive back [olive-backed thrush], very
many Vireos, 2 Peabody Birds, a Grass Finch,
Savanna Sp.,  sevr [several] Traill's Flycatchers, Chestnut
side Warbler [chestnut-sided warbler] , 2 Whippoorwills [whip-poor-will], a Robin
etc. singing. In P.M. drove with doctor
to peat swamp on intervale. Blackburnian
Warbler, Golden crest & Can. Warb. [Canada Warbler] singing. 
Bittern pumping. Young Herons ? in [?]
swamp calling for food. Mosquitoes bad at eve.
Wea. [Weather]  Sunday 7 [June 7, 1903] Ther. [Thermometer]
78 [degrees]
  Early morning calm & as densely 
smoky as ever. Later a strong
S.W. [Southwest] wind started. We could see
some of the nearer mountains by noon 
& Saddleback by sunset.
  I walked three miles with Strobel
after breakfast. We took the road
over Paradise Hill & went to the
deep hollow beyond.
  In the later afternoon the doctor
& I walked through the woods 
below the house. Mosquitoes very
bad this evening at the house.