Bethel, Me.[Maine]
February 20 1904 
8 [degrees] min.[minimum]
20 [degrees] max.[maximum] 
  Brilliantly clear with moderate N.W. (northwest) wind.
  Spent about 2 hours in the woods alone this a.m. 
Worked with a hatchet, cutting off branches along the trail, until
I became tired and then walked to Rose Meadow returning via the Glen 
and Glen Woods trail. It was a beautiful winter morning 
with crisp air and warm sunshine. 9 Redpolls (1 a rose-
breasted male) feeding in the top of a tall birch were the only 
birds noted during this walk but 4 Pine Grosbeaks (one a red
male) visited the orchard while [?] at breakfast
this morning. 
  The late afternoon was calm and mild, [?] a
 warm, rich spring like light flooding the landscape.