[March 14, 1904]
back saw a pair of Canada Nuthatches close
to a house on the Faggot Road in an old
& much-decayed sugar maple where they were
inspecting holes in a dead branch dodging in
& out excavating a few chips.  The 
Nuthatch seen with the 5 Chickadees was [deleted]gathering[/deleted]
getting hemlock seeds from the cones &
hiding or storing them behind scabs of loose
bark.- a singular performance for this season.
The Parus hudsonicus was tame & comparatively
 silent.  It, with its companions, was eating
larch buds as were also the Redpolls which 
were seen at the same time & place.
Bethel, Maine. March 15, 1904 
Ther [Thermometer] 20 min [minumum] 38 max [maximum]
Cloudy, calm, mild; snowing at 
intervals about 1 inch falling.
  Spent most of the forenoon out of doors rambling about
the Doctors fields on snow shoes looking for pussy willows
of which I secured a large bunch to bring to C. [Caroline]
Chickadees were flitting about near the house calling
a giving their Phoebee note.  A Nuthatch in an elm near 
Miss True's was calling wot - wot - wot . A big flock of Redpolls
flew across the fields low down. Crows cawed in the 
distance.
Pine Grosbeaks were about the place all the
afternoon. There seemed to be a several different