Cambridge
Wea. [Weather] Tues. [Tuesday] March 3, 1908 Ther. [Thermometer]
Partly cloudy; cooler. Wind N.E. [northeast]
  Spent day in Museum getting
Umbagog notes & M.S. [Umbagog manuscript] in order
for further work on this slow moving
book. No callers. A Nuthatch,
2 Chickadees & a Crow visited the 
Garden. The Nuthatch gave the
spring call twice. Green tips of
crocus shoots about an inch out of
ground. Chas. Almy sailed for
England at 10 A.M.
Called on Mrs. Cobb & Lizzy Fuller this eve. [evening]

Wea. [Weather] Wednesday 4 [March 4 1908] Ther. [Thermometer]
Clear with light N.E. [northeast] wind.
Warmer. Snow & ice wasting slowly.
  Spent day in Museum
working on Umbagog notes and
M.S. [manuscript]. A Downy Woodpecker &
Chickadee visited the suet in
the catalopa [catalpa] tree. Heard Crows 
cawing. C. [Caroline] went to New York
yesterday. Whitcombs carpenters
put a roof over the huggermugger
tower to-day & the masons began.
Called on our new neighbors the 
Fairchilds at 8.30 staying one hour.
[margin] Heard the spring song of a
Screech Owl at 10 P.M.[/margin]

Cambridge.
Wea. [Weather] Thur. [Thursday] March 5, 1908 Ther. [Thermometer]
Clear, calm, warmer, the snow 
and ice melting rapidly and the
streets and sidewalks covered in
places with slush or water.
  Spent day in Museum working
on Umbagog notes. Gilbert went
to Concord to help James clear
our orchard of brown tail nests.
He was also instructed to direct
Bensen where to put some wood
that was to be hauled from Ritchie place.
Two Chickadees at the suet.
Spent evening at Mrs. Scudder's.

Wea. [Weather] Friday 6 [March 6, 1908] Ther. [Thermometer]
Cloudy & intensely chilly with E. [East] wind.
Snowing most of the afternoon but less
than an inch had fallen by evening.
  Spent day in Museum
working on Umbagog notes. Gilbert
helping me rather efficiently by
pasting a lot of separate ones on
large sheets. No one called except
Pierce who came to see about
some tree work on the lindens.
I saw no birds in the Garden save
two Chickadees & a Brown Creeper.
Called on the Chapman's this evening.