several interesting things. (1) That they rewired
a year ago this past winter 5 or 6 Richardson's Owls
in the flesh all of them from Maine & most of
them from the immediate neighborhood of Portland.
(2) That the Canada Lynx is still common
in Maine, especially in Aroostook Co. [County] They
had upwards of 20 fresh skins offered the
past winter. I saw three Maine skins
one of a Lynx taken at Middle Dam only
about six weeks ago. (3) I was shown 
a pair of Greenland Eiders taken the past
winter near Grand Manan.
  Bethel, Maine. March 12, 1904
Ther. [Thermometer] 12 [degrees] min. [minimum]; 28 [degrees] max. [maximum]
  Clear with fresh N.W. [northwest] wind. A bright but
rather chilly day.
  Walked along the Grover Hill road in A.M.
(9 - 11.30) going as far as the intervale by the brook.
Saw 8 [in a flock] Chickadees and 6 [in a flock] Redpolls in a larch on E. [east] slope
of Grover Hill & a single Chickadee further on. Returning
heard a Downy drumming near the Bethel House & finally
found the bird, a [male], in an apple tree.
  In P.M. (2 - 2.30) followed the Glen Wood trail
out to Rose Meadow returning along the Balsam trail.
In an opening just beyond the second brook found 5 Chickadees
and 5 Pedpolls feeding together in a tall larch eating the buds.
A Parus hudsonicus was with or very near there at first but