Bethel
Ther. [Thermometer] THURS. NOV. 20, 1913 [Thursday, November 20, 1913] Wea. [Weather] 
62 max. [62 degrees maximum] Springlike weather  Fine
Clear with high but strangely warm
north-west wind. The early morning
seemed balmy & springlike, at noon
one could sit anywhere out of doors
without feeling the least chill. The
wind had fallen when I took
my walk in the afternoon without
the Doctor [Dr. Gehring] he being too busy to go.
In the woods by the shack I started
3 Partridges & saw a solitary Hudsonian
Tit & a Red Squirrel. I went thence
up into the back pasture & along the
old Glenwood Trail flooded in many places
by the recent heavy rains. They had 
put the mosses & lichens in prime condition
& I reveled in the exquisite freshness & 
beauty of their widespread carpeting under
the trees. For a time the woods seemed 
lifeless; then I heard a Hudsonian Tit &
Redpolls calling sweetly (the Canary call) & a
Red Squirrel snickering. The Tit came close
about me. On the way back I flushed a
fourth Partridge. Called on the Herricks
this evening. Afterwards had long talk with Dr. G.
Bethel.
Ther. [Thermometer] FRI. NOV. 21, 1913 [Friday, November 21, 1913] Wea. [Weather] 
54 [54 degrees] Evening Grosbeak.   Fine
Cooler but no frost.
Brilliantly clear with light N. [north] wind. 
A solitary Evening Grosbeak visited shrubbery
close to porch of the brown cottage (where I am 
rooming) about 9.30 a.m. Bingham got within 15
ft. [15 feet] of it & watched it for several minutes. I saw
him enter house as I was approaching it &
a moment later got a near glympse [glimpse] at the 
bird as it flew from the shrubbery, disturbed
by a cat and uttering a succession of very
loud & penetrating yet rather musical whistles
which reminded me of the squealing flight
calls of young Golden Plover yet were not
closely like them. As they quickly ceased I
concluded the bird had flown away but some
three minutes later, after I had reached
my room, they were renewed & came very
distinctly to my ears through an open window
also attracting Dr. Gehring's attention as he
was treating a patient in "Green Gables". Looking
out he saw the Grosbeak in the oak in front
It flew off eastward just as I got out,
the Doctor said afterwards. Feeling assured of 
what it was & hearing the calls coming faintly
from direction of Paradise Hill I hastened
thither but failed to find it there. From
Bingham's (Mr B. second?) descriptions I infer
that it was a [female] or juv. [juvenile] [male] Getting back to
my room at 10 I worked on Concord notes
until luncheon time. At 1.30 started off 
for a walk with Doctor. We went up thru
the back field & thence by the old wood
road to hill top above Glen Woods where we
found the old Porcupine looking out slit in 
big yellow birch. Started 2 Partridges & saw or
heard 4 Gold crests [Golden-crowned Kinglets] , 1 Creeper [Brown Creeper], 1 Hudsonian Tit
[margin]several Chickadees, 2 Downies, 1 Pine Grosbeak, a few Redpolls
Called on Miss [?] this eve [evening]. [/margin]
[margin]Well nigh a cartload of porcupine dung at foot of hollow birch [/margin]