Bethel, Me.[Maine].
February 23 1904
Ther
23[degrees] = 7am
35[degrees] - noon
Early morning clear: Remainder of 
day cloudy. Wind S.W.[southwest]. Snow soft & soggy.
Out of doors from 11a.m. to 12.30.
The Doctor & I first encircled his woods &
then spent about half an hour at the base
camp sitting on a bench & comfortable, [?]
without any fire for the air was mild & still.
  Birds out in numbers, 4 [in a flock] Chickadees in poplars
near the house, 20 [in a flock] Redpolls in larches on the trail; 12 (in a flock) Pine 
Grosbeaks in tops of tall larches in front of camp &
4 [in a flock] in apple orchard near house; Hairy Woodpecker [male] in
bushes, pecking on gray birch [stem?]; Blue Jays (at least 2)
screaming for a long time in woods near [?] field.
All the Grosbeaks I got a [fair?][sight?] of were gray birds.