and was in sight for fully 100 yards
running steadily but not apparently fast, with
a peculiar limping gait. It looked dirty
white and showed brown on the back side
of the hind legs.
  Spots of bare ground are coming out in
many places in the woods but there
are no extensive areas bare as yet.
  The Doctor & I went through his 
birch woods in late P.M. seeing
nothing except a Chickadee & a few Crows.
Bethel, Maine. March 25, 1904 
Ther. [Thermometer] 36 [degrees] min. [minimum] 50 [degrees] max. [maximum]
  The Doctor & I went to the Camp after
breakfast & spent an hour there. Saw a solitary
Red-wing Blackbird which flew over S.W. [southwest] cackling
  I went down town at 10 A.M. to make some
pictures. On the way back saw 6 [in a flock] Robins which started
from an elm near the Common & flew off S.W. [southwest]
On reaching the house heard a Robin calling &
saw 3 birds in a larch on road to Paradise.
In P.M. the Doctor & I went again to the