Cambridge - Boston.
Ther. [Thermometer] SAT. FEB. 27, 1909 [Saturday, February 27, 1909] Wea. [Weather]
30 - 44 [30-44 degrees] Clear & calm.
A calm, mild, cloudless day.
  To Boston after breakfast to
watch the Whistlers courting. There
were about 60 in Back Bay Basin
just below Harvard Bridge. I got
there at 9.20 and stayed until 10.30
sitting most of the time on pile of
lumber at water's edge 100 yds [100 yards] below
bridge. Saw the grotesque antics
of courtship repeated innumerable
times & heard the love call almost
incessantly. Both new to me. Got
home at 11 & spent rest of day trying
to write out my observations effectively,
a difficult task. C. [Caroline] read to
me after dinner. E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] went to
Springfield by 4 P.M. train.
Not a bird noticed in Garden
to-day. Reserved 5 skins of
[?] [?] striata for E.R. Warren.
Cambridge.
Ther. [Thermometer] SUN. FEB. 28, 1909 [Sunday, February 28, 1909] Wea. [Weather]
26 [26 degrees]
Cloudy & snowing up to 9 a.m.
Cleared before noon. Mild. Little wind.
  Spent forenoon in Museum
writing letters and reading proof
of Golden- eye [Goldeneye] article, just received.
Sally Dearborn & Mr. Leverett
dined with C. & me at 1.30.
Mr. L. stayed until 5 when
Harry & May Cunningham called
and stayed until 6. C. read
[?] & Peter to me in
"huggermugger" in the evening.
  Most of my potted bulbs are
now in bloom or past it.
About a dozen snow drop [snowdrop] flowers
out in front of Museum.
First yellow crocus bud showed thru [through]
this morning -
Heard a Flicker in Garden