Bethel, Me.[Maine]. February 18, 1904
  Brilliantly clear with moderate north west wind. 
Warmer: Min. 8 [degrees]; Max.20 [degrees].
  Dr. Gehring and I went on snow shoes to Rose Meadow,
11-12.30am. Fine tramp  Sun warm in [Sheltered?] Springs. Woods alive with Redpolls.  Must have seen at least 4 or 5 different flocks
of from 15 to 30 birds each, most of them in birches or [conifers?].
  Heard Grosbeaks once or twice. In dense balsam woods very 
near where Partridge remains were found last December we saw a 
Hawk to-day. It was flying just above the tops of the trees 
& passed directly over Dr.G. I saw it for an instant only as 
it crossed an opening. Had the season been summer I should 
have thought it a Buteo [tabissima?]. It was [scaling?] on set wings.
The chances are, I suppose, that it was a Gos-hawk & if so
a male.