Wea. [Weather] Tues. [Tuesday] Nov. 11, 1902 [November 11, 1902]  Ther. [Thermometer]
Brilliantly clear with cold dry air &
almost no wind.
  Spent day in Museum working at
various odd things. Took all my meals 
at Mrs. Scudder's. No callers.
Wea. [Weather]  Wednesday 12 [November 12, 1902] Ther. [Thermometer]
Cloudy & mild with occasional light showers.
  Starting immediately after breakfast C. [Caroline] & I 
walked up Appleton & Highland Streets to
Elmwood. Many Herring Gulls drifting overhead
towards Fresh Pond. A Flicker in oak
on Highland Street.
  Spent day in Museum. Wrote letters
in A.M. Outram Bangs called
in P.M. A Chickadee, Kinglet,
W.-bellied Nuthatch [white-bellied Nuthatch], Flicker & White thr.
Sparrow [white-throated sparrow] in the Garden. 
Wea. [Weather] Thur. [Thursday] Nov. 13, 1902 [November 13, 1902]  Ther. [Thermometer]
Cloudy with light N.E. [northeast] wind and fine
rain at intervals. An intensely chilly day.
  Spent A.M. at Mus.Comp.Zool.[Museum of Comparative Zoology] C. [Caroline] walked 
down with me. Saw Dr. Mark, Dr. Woodworth &
Henshaw.
  Wrote letters in Museum in P.M.
Wea. [Weather]  Friday 14 [November 14, 1902] Ther. [Thermometer]
Clear & rather warm with light S.W. [southwest] wind.
  Walked to Fresh Pond with C. [Caroline] after breakfast.
There was imposing show of Gulls (fully 1000)
floating on the water & well scattered but only
35 Black Ducks. With the latter were two
fine [male] Red-heads in full plumage. I could
distinctly see their blue, black-tipped bills through
my glass at about 200 yds. [yards] About 10% of the Gulls
were immature. Among them was a large
fine ad. [adult] Black-back [Black-backed gull]. Two Flickers & 3 Crows
in Hemlock Grove.