Bethel, Me. [Maine] February 24,1904.
  Cloudy with light N. E. [northeast] wind and
occasional flurries of fine snow.
[margin]Ther [Thermometer] 32 [degrees] - 11am[/margin]
  Walked up woods road alone (11-11.30 A.M.)
Flock of 9 redpolls feeding in low alders hanging back
downward like Titmice as they picked the seeds from the
crisp brown cones. Very tame letting us get with 15 ft. [feet] Two
rosy breasted birds in the flock.
  Out again on snow-shoes 2 - 3 P.M. with Samuel
Bowles of Springfield & his son. Startled a partridge which
burst out of snow within 20ft. Also a shy rabbit which
ran fast & far. As we crossed the field above the house on
our return a flock of fully 100 red-polls flew close past us.
A minute later we saw a Shrike perched on a larch tip in the
woods where the Redpolls came about 30 yds [yards] in from the edge.
