in the orchard this morning
  Bethel,  Maine    March 22 1904. 
  Ther [thermometer] 26 [degrees] min [minimum]; 36 [degrees] max [maximum]
  Cloudy with fine sleeting rain at
intervals in A.M. & heavy downpour in
late P.M. & evening.
  Off alone in forenoon (10-12) going ten rounds
of the Balsam and Glen Wood Trails, Saw a flock
of 7 Grosbeaks (only one red bird) eating white pine buds,
a [male] Downy, a flock of about 20 Redpolls, a Hudsonian
Chickadee eating larch buds in company with 6 common
Chickadees. Crows were almost constantly in sight
or hearing flying to & fro alighting on tall trees in the
woods & cawing lustily. I cannot imagine what