places.
During our tramp this morning we saw 3 [in a flock]
Chickadees in the woods on the [?] stretch of the
North Road, 3 [in a flock] more & a Downy Woodpecker in
the mixed birch, maple & bush woods near the
wood chopper's cabin. There were 2 [in a flock] Chickadees
& 4 [in a flock] Grosbeaks ( 2 reds & 2 gray) about the
house when we started this morning.
On the whole it was evidently not a
favorable day for birds owing chiefly, no doubt,
to the harsh wind.
Bethel, Maine March 14, 1904
Ther [thermometer] 16 [degrees] min [minimum] 40 [degrees] max [maximum]
Brilliantly clear with light
W. [West] wind. Clouds gathering on late P.M.
  Off alone for practically the entire forenoon (8.30-12)
crossed the fields to the Mill, followed the Grover Hill
Road a short distance &[and] then struck in on the right
taking a lane which led first through a succession of
pastures growing up to evergreens, next through an
extensive & well-grown forest of hemlocks, pines,
balsams & spruces, and finally to the open country
near the steam mill at West Bethel where I
returned over the Faggot Road. It was a truly