Cambridge
Ther [Thermometer] Sunday, Mar. 23, 1919 [March 23, 1919] Wea [Weather]
Rainy
Rainy morning followed 
by thin cloudy afternoon.
Air calm, mild, springlike.
Grass showing rather bright
green in one or two lawns
along Brattle Street.
Crocuses & snow drops 
passing; Squills coming on.
  Garden birds - A Robin sing-
ing sotto voce; 2 Chickadees
at suet; 2 White br. Nuthatches [White-breasted Nuthatch]
(presumably mated pair) & 2 [females]
Downy Woodpeckers in
Almy elms; Flicker [in full song], Jay
Grackles & House Sparrows
in Jungle.
  A day of many callers.
Pres. Eliot came at 11 to
enquire of C. [Caroline Brewster] about E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons]
Harry Spelman at 11.30
bringing sev. [several] children to
see chickens. Dick Dana [Richard Henry Dana Jr.]
& Dr. Stevens in late P.M.
Robert Jackson at 8.30.

Cambridge First Honey Bees.
Ther [Thermometer] Monday, Mar. 24, 1919 [March 24, 1919] Wea [Weather]
46 [degrees] max. [maximum] Fine
Clear & cool with rather
strong northerly wind. Honey
Bees by scores at Squills by Mus. [Museum]
  Garden birds A Robin singing 
sotto voce; 2 Chickadees & a [female]
Downy [Downy Woodpecker] visiting suet in catalpa
by Museum; a White br. Nut-
hatch [White-breasted Nuthatch] also came to but did 
not touch it; 5 Goldfinches
in Birch Grove eating seeds of 
white birches & calling to
one another ceaselessly in
sweet, subdued tones;
a silent Fox Sparrow &
Flicker; 8 Bronzed Grackles
carrying off bread crusts
from our poultry yard.
  Rose at 10.30. Spent most
of day out of doors working
a little & standing about a
lot in the Garden with
Percy & James. Alice Stone
& Mary came to see me at
11 A.M.