Cambridge
Ther [Thermometer] Friday, Nov. 17, 1916 [November 17, 1916] Wea [Weather]
Stormy

Dark cloudy & intensely chilly with
light easterly wind. Snow flakes began
falling fitfully in forenoon & came
thicker and faster in afternoon until
by evening there was a "white world"
again although its surface was only
thinly covered with damp snow.
  In Garden I noted only a Crow (on wing)
a Jay & a few House Sparrows.
  Spent day in Museum, writing letters
& elaborating bird notes in Concord books.
  Chanced on an odd mistake, unnoticed
all these years, in catalogue records &
published ones of the Hudsonian Tit
shot by me in Concord in October, 1870.
As my original diary entry shows it
was taken on Saturday the 29th of the
month instead of on the 30th as subsequently
reported in various connections.
  Mrs. Almy called in P.M to read
letters from Helen written in France.
We had usual Victrola concert & reading
aloud, in hall, this evening.

Cambridge.
Ther [Thermometer] Saturday, Nov. 18, 1916 [November 18, 1916] Wea [Weather] Fine
Cambridge Region bird notes.

Early morning cloudy. Sun shining by
9 A.M. Remainder of day clear, calm,
mild, the snow that fell last night
melting rapidly & all gone before sunset.
  In Garden heard a Chickadee & saw a
few House Sparrows.
  Spent day in Museum working mostly
on Concord bird notes. Two boys, 10 or 12
years old, Lovell Thompson & Charles F. Walcott,
sons of near-by neighbors, called in P.M. to
look at birds. They report seeing in Wren Orchard,
last month, 3 Acadian Chickadees in company
with several Black-capped ones [Black-capped Chickadee]. In the 
Fresh Pond marshes near the Glacialis they
found last June the Bittern, Least Bittern, 
Virginia Rail, Sora (abundant). A few
Night Herons continue to haunt the shores
of Fresh Pond. In this pond they have seen
recently a [male] Red-head & large numbers of
Whistlers & Gooseanders [Goosanders] but only a few Black D. [Black Duck]
A Pied bill Greebe [Pied-billed Grebe] has been haunting the Glacialis.
They have seen a Mink in Fresh Pond.
  We spent evening in hall reading aloud
& playing Victrola.