and exquisitely sweet & tender at times.
I spent more than an hour watching &
listening to these birds standing most 
of the time within a few yards of them.
They were busily engaged eating the buds of
the larches which they did most systematically
following each twig & apparently taking
every bud. Besides the song the birds kept 
up a constant low & deliciously musical ripple of sound
not unlike the tinkling of ice. They were 
so beautiful & attractive that I did not
leave the spot until they all flew away.
  The Doctor & I went to the Shack in
late P.M. & had a fire there.
Bethel, Maine. March 17, 1904
10 [degrees] reg. Min.[registered minimum] 
36 [degrees] Max [Maximum] 
20 [degrees] 8 P.M.
  Brilliantly clear with light N.W. [northwest] wind.
Air deliciously dry & agreeably warm in late P.M.
  Visited the Grover Hill country again this
forenoon (8.30 - 11.30). Found a pair of Red-bellied
Nuthatches in the apple orchard at the entrance to the Caves.
Nothing more noted until I had passed through the
big woods & came out on the north side where
in the same large larches where I saw the birds on
the 14 [14th] I found 9 Common Chickadees, 1 Hudsonian
Chickadee and about 40 Redpolls feeding busily.
On the way back heard a Crow and saw two
Grosbeaks the latter near the mill. On the