Bethel, Me. [Maine] March 4 1904
[margin]0 [degrees] 7 A.M
8 [degrees] max [maximum]
2 [degrees] 9 P.M[/margin]
Brilliantly clear & bitterly cold with
violent N.W. [northwest] wind.
  Off alone in the forenoon (11-12) going the 
usual round over the Balsam & Glen Wood Trails. They
were so hard that I did not put on my snow shoes.
Just before starting I saw a single Grosbeak (ad. [adult male]) in
the orchard but during my tramp I did not meet
with any living creature bird or quadruped.
  Just before sunset I walked up on Wood Road
for about half-a-mile. The only bird noted on this
occasion was a solitary Redpoll flying over high up. I
suspect that most of the Redpolls have left this region
within the past week.