Cambridge.
Ther [Thermometer] Friday, Feb. 27, 1914 [February 27, 1914] Wea [Weather]
18 [degrees], 42 [degrees] Fine
Clear calm & mild with brilliant
sunshine which melted the snow fast.
  The Thrasher seen in lilacs by Percy
& Gilbert at 9 A.M. I saw only two Jays.
As Gilbert was walking up Brattle St.
shortly before 9 he noticed some people 
looking at a Shrike perched in an elm
directly in front of Longfellow house.
Borrowing a glass from one of them
(Mrs. Drown] he had a good view
of the Shrike. It remained on its
perch for upwards of five minutes
singing all the while. Some boys
afterward reported finding a Sparrow
which had been killed & impaled
no doubt by this Shrike.
  I worked all day on Saw-whet 
Owl story, rewriting the page written
yesterday & composing almost three
more pages. Lunched alone, C. [Caroline Brewster]
being in Boston. She read aloud
to me from 8 to 9.30 this evening.

Cambridge.
Ther [Thermometer] Saturday, Feb. 28, 1914 [February 28, 1914] Wea [Weather]
20 [degrees], 44 [degrees], 36 [degrees] Fair
Sunny, calm, mild. Clouds
gathering in late P.M. Snow wasting fast.
  Percy started the Thrasher from the
vine by Museum door, at 5.30 P.M.
Although doubtless intending to roost
there it did not return.
2 Jays, A House Sparrow & a
Crow were all the birds I noticed.
  The Saw-whet Owl story went
fairly well to-day for I added
two pages to it after rewriting
the whole of the short Snowy Owl
story. It begins to be doubtful if 
I can finish with the Owls this
spring for the Great Horned &
Hawk Owls remain to be done
after the Saw-whet has been
dealt with and C. [Caroline Brewster] has decided
that I must leave the house by 
March 16.
  Mr. & Mrs. Brown called at 2 P.M. to
photograph me. They stayed half an hour.
C. read aloud to me this evening.