Bethel.
Wea. [Weather] SUN. [Sunday] DEC. 13, 1903 [December 13, 1903] Ther. [Thermometer]
47 [degrees]
20 [degrees]
  A.M. warm with S. [South] wind &                                        
heavy rain the snow wasting fast.                                        
Sky cleared 2 P.M. & ther [thermometer] fell
rapidly reaching 20 [degrees] by 10 P.M.
  Spent A.M. in house writing.
To the camp with the Doctor at
3 P.M. Mrs. Gehring joining us later.
Built a fire & stayed until dusk.
Saw a solitary Chickadee & heard
Redpolls flying over. Judge [?]
came to dine & spent evening.
  Wea. [Weather] Monday 14 [December 14, 1903] Ther. [Thermometer]
10 [degrees]
20 [degrees]
6 [degrees]
A.M. sunny; P.M. cloudy. Light                          
to strong N.W. [Northwest] wind.                      
  Snow-shoe walk with Dr. G. [Gehring] 10 - 12 A.M.
Glen Woods, following usual trail & going through
to Rose Meadow, making short cut back
through dense pine & spruce woods N. [North] of Glen.
At entrance to Woods met mixed flock of
5 Parus atricapillus, 2 P. hudsonicus [Parus hudsonicus], 2 R. satrapa [Regulus satrapa] 
in firs & arbor vitaes near Glen saw 4 [in a flock] P. atricapillus [Parus atricapillus]
& heard nearby 2 R. satrapa [Regulus satrapa] & 1 Certhia (?)
On way back saw 8 [in a flock] P. atricapillus [Parus atricapillus] in bushes
in rear part of the Gehring's fields.
At 7 a.m. saw 9 [in a flock] Redpolls feeding in a larch
& heard a Tree Sparrow chirping distinctly many 
times - this from my window in the swamps &
woods east of the house. Saw tracks of Rabbits,
(many) Porcupine (1) Red Squirrel (1) Partridge (2)
in Glen Woods.
Bethel.
Wea. [Weather] Tues. [Tuesday] Dec. 15, 1903 [December 15, 1903]  Ther. [Thermometer]
[negative] 4 [degrees]
[positive] 15 [degrees]
Clear & cold with strong N.W. [Northwest] 
wind.  
  The Doctor, Reed, Stevens, Megrew &
I spent the forenoon cutting a trail
from the woods below the house to the
second brook in Glen Woods. Our way led
through dense well-grown forest chiefly
of fir, spruce, pine & arbor vitae. The only
living creature noted was a Golden-crest.
Found the feathers of a recently killed 
Partridge scattered over the snow. The bird
had evidently been killed & eaten by either a
Hawk or an Owl.
Wea. [Weather] Wednesday 16 [December 16, 1903] Ther. [Thermometer]
10 [degrees]
26 [degrees]
  Clear, calm, slightly warmer. 
  Spent A.M. with the Doctor working
on the new trail which we carried
about 1/4 mile further. The young men
also worked on another short trail
in our rear. Heard about 4 Golden-crests
but saw no bird of any kind. Reed started
2 Partridges. Saw & heard 4 or 5 Red Squirrels.
A flock of 15 Redpolls appeared in the
bushes E. [East] of the house just after breakfast.