Ther [Thermometer] Monday, Mar. 25, 1918 [March 25, 1918] Wea [Weather]
Overcast with pale sunlight,
calm, very warm
  Garden birds

Ther [Thermometer] Tuesday, Mar. 26, 1918 [March 26, 1918] Wea [Weather]
Overcast with more or less sunshine
& occasional flurries of snow flakes.
Air said to be very chilly.
  Garden birds. 2 Fox Sparrows, 3 
House Sparrows, 4 Crow-blackbirds
a Blue Jay & a Northern Shrike.
All these I saw from the morning
room window in or near the
lilacs beneath. Through these
the Butcher bird chased one of
the House Sparrows to & from.
Whether he finally caught it or
not I was unable to see.
Before pursuing it he sat perched
erect & motionless for several
minutes in a hawthorn by the
pond, apparently watching a place
where the Sparrows come to feed.
now.
  Up all day after 10 A.M. Spent
forenoon in morning room. 
Harry Spelman called at 9 & Dr.
Stevens at 11 A.M.