Cambridge
Ther [Thermometer] Thursday, Feb. 27, 1919 [February 27, 1919] Wea [Weather]
Fine
Clear & Cool with fresh
N.W [northwest] wind. Surface of
ground mostly bare, frozen
hard in early morn, later
a sea of mud, At Concord
they have 6 inches of snow
& excellent sleighing I'm told.
  Garden birds. A [male] Hairy W. [Hairy Woodpecker]
at suet (he looked larger & 
whiter that the [male] seen there
yesterday & was not i think
the self-same bird); a 
Blue Jay in the lilacs: not 
less than 30 House Sparrows 
in & about poultry yard.
  Up & dressed by 11 A.M.
C, [Caroline Brewster] Came at 12.15 to stay 
until 4. We visited the
hen house & got 4 eggs; the 
pullets afterward laid 3 more
 No chance callers.
E. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] read aloud to me after supper.

Five Snow-drops in bloom front of Mus. [Museum]

Cambridge
Ther [Thermometer] Friday, Feb.28, 1919 [February 28, 1919] Wea [Weather]
First Woodpecker drums Fair
  Partly sunny largely cloudy
with an occasional light
sprinkle of rain. Mild, soft
air suggestive of early spring.
as were the sight of no less
that 5 white snow drop blossoms
in the bed by Museum gate &
the sound of a [male] Hairy Wood-
pecker drumming many times 
in the elm over the driveway.
  Garden birds: 2 Chickadees
30+ House Sparrows, 2 Hairy
Woodpeckers [male in full song] [female], A Downy [Downy Woodpecker] [female],
Crows cawing not far off.
  Breakfast in bed but dressed
immediately afterwards & settled
in Den to await Burbank
who came from Concord about 
10 A.M. to talk over his
work for March with me. He 
stayed about an hour. Spent 
most of P.M in Museum
reading early diaries & journals:
Dr. Stevens called at 6 P.M.