was in some bushes over the brook
in "Skunk Hollow" very near the hill.
  Bethel, Maine.  March 21, 1904
Ther. [Thermometer]  24 [degrees] min [minimum] 36 [degrees] max [maximum]  
  Brilliantly clear with 
light N.W. [Northwest] wind.   
  Spent most of  forenoon up the Wood Road    
going up about a mile and a half. Picked a bag
full of balsam tips & had a long talk with two
wood choppers who were cutting pulp wood (firs).
Saw three small companies of Chickadees ( 2 [in a flock] 4 [in a flock]& 4 [in a flock] a flock])
two flocks of Redpolls (22 [in a flock] & 27 [in a flock] birds) & several Crows.
  In late afternoon went with the Doctor
to his birch woods where we saw 2 [in a flock] gray Grosbeaks 
& heard what I was very sure was a Brown Creeper.
  A red & a gray Grosbeak were eating frozen apples.