Bethel, Maine. March 6 1904
Ther. [Thermometer] 8 [degrees] min. [minimum]; 32 [degrees] max. [maximum]
  Sunny but hazy. Light, chilly S [South] to S.W. [Southwest] wind.
   Up the Wood Road with the Doctor in A.M. (10-12.30)
taking the west branch & following it half a mile or more to
the crest of a ridge covered with brush, rock maples, yellow &
canoe birches, tall straight seedling trees attractively blended. There 
was a small camp in their midst & recent choppings everywhere.
  Soon after leaving the fork of the roads we heard a Woodpecker
tapping & almost immediately saw the bird, a fine [male] Black-backed
Three-toe. It was working at the trunk of a semi-prostrate &
dying balsam. This was actually the only bird seen or heard
during this tramp. We came back by way of the Glen Woods
where we saw the trail of a Partridge made during the last thaw.
(over)