Cambridge - Concord
Ther. [Thermometer] TUES. MAR. 7, 1911 [Tuesday, March 7, 1911] Wea. [Weather]
4º [4 degrees] at sunrise, 34º [34 degrees] at noon.  Fine
Brilliantly clear with light
variable wind. Warmer.
  Heard a Chickadee & a Blue Jay
in the garden. Red Screech Owl
looking out his hole at 1 P.M.
in dazzling sunlight.
  Spent forenoon in Museum
filing letters, clearing up my
desk etc. Lunched alone at 12.30.
Took 2.08 train No.Cambridge [North Cambridge]
to Concord where James met me
with "Betsy" in the [democrat?]
Gilbert [Robert Alexander Gilbert] had the house open &
warm when I reached it. After
changing clothes walked about the
place 4-5 P.M. Started 11
Partridges, all different birds. Heard
a Pheasant crow twice in Berry
Pasture. Saw 2 Chickadees & heard
2 more. Saw 3 Crows. Skunk
tracks in orchard. Fox tracks in 
Pulpit Rock woods.
[margin] Ground about 1/2 bare. Snow 4 or 5 " [inches] deep in woods.[/margin]
Concord.
Ther. [Thermometer] WED. MAR. 8, 1911 [Wednesday, March 8, 1911] Wea. [Weather]
6º [6 degrees] & 60º [60 degrees] (Rise of 54 deg. [54 degrees]) (in eight hours). Glorious.
A rare day brilliantly clear, 
perfectly calm & seemingly very
warm after 10 A.M. Ther. [Thermometer] rose to 60º
  The snow in in fields & roadways
wasted fast & most of ground was
bare by sunset.
  Chickadee whisling [whistling] phoebe & Nuthatch
calling wot-wot-wot- but I
listened in vain for Bluebirds,
Song sparrows & other early migrants.
  Most of our water pipes & the
kitchen pump froze last night
& there was trouble enough about
them this morning. It was over
by 10 A.M. when I started
out. Spent most of day in
Berry Pastures & orchard
walking with James & Zeb
cutting down trees & pruning
the apple orchard.
[margin] An [?unclear] bird flying over Berry Pastures giving a call
wholly new to me.[/margin]