Cambridge
Ther [Thermometer] Thursday, Jan. 18, 1917 [January 18, 1917] Wea [Weather]
Fine
  Partly cloudy, mostly sunny. Less cold
than yesterday, but equally windy.
  Garden birds, Crows heard cawing
at sunrise. A few House Sparrows
seen. Literally nothing else.
  I had hoped to complete the
story of the Goose & the Guinea hen
to-day but was prevented from doing 
so by re-reading what has already
been written. This seemed too involved
to be of any use so I rewrote parts
of it & some several times thereby
taking up practically all the available
hours which was no less mortifying
than disappointing. Perhaps I am 
hypercritical but assuredly not 
otherwise than by striving to do my 
very best can I hope to do justice 
to the romantic history of these birds.
The Goose, by the way, was brought here by 
Gilbert [Robert A. Gilbert] when he returned to Concord in 
late P.M. after talking Ford car to the Farm.
I have not as yet looked at the poor bird.

Cambridge
Ther [Thermometer] Friday, Jan. 19, 1917 [January 19, 1917] Wea [Weather]
12 [degrees] min [minimum] Fine
  Clear & cold with blustering
north-west wind.
  Bird life in the Garden continues
at very low ebb. I saw there
to-day nothing but two White-
throated Sparrows, hopping about 
over bare ground beneath the 
lilacs, and no more than 4 or
5 House Sparrows. What has 
become of all the rest - Kinglets,
Chickadees, Purple Finches, Jays,
Woodpeckers etc?. It would be 
interesting to know where they 
are just now. It is difficult
to believe that they can be anywhere,
at least in Cambridge, grounds
better suited to their taste, than ours.
  Townsend called this morning
to measure my Hudsonian tits
After he had gone I set to work
on Goose & Guinea-hen story wrestling
with until nightfall but making 
little progress. Our evening spent as usual. 