[Almanac: December 1915]
Cambridge -Boston
Ther [Thermometer] Friday, Jan. 1, 1915 [Junuary 1, 1915] Wea [Weather]
Light cloudy with large, feathery
snow-flakes falling ceaselessly yet so
sparingly that one could see afar
off through thier whirling flurries
and the snow had “made” scarce more
than an inch by sunset when it ceased.
There was little wind. Air mild but raw.
  In the garden noted no birds, save
a few Sparrows, before nightfall when
Percy called me out to see a Screech Owl
perched on a low, drooping branch of the
big catalpa [catalpa] directly over the walk
leading past the museum. I walked
under the bird and could almost reach
it with my hand before it first bobbed
its head & then flew away. it was in
gray plumage.
  Devoted most of day to letter writing.
Also revised a few type-copied sheets of M.S. [manuscript]
Went in town at 7.30 to hear Thaxter’s
talk on Granada [Grenada] & Trinidad. It was
most interesting & also very humorous.
Came out with Fernald.