Cambridge, Mass.
1914.
February 1
to March 3

Brown Thrasher in our Garden

  The Brown Thrasher which was first noted in our garden
on November 23 last [November 23, 1913], and afterwards at intervals in
December and January, was almost constantly present
through February, surviving a temperature of - [negative] 13 [degrees] Fahr. [Fahrenheit]
on the 12th [February 12, 1914] (said to have been the coldest day for
eighteen years) and more than a week of exceptionally
severe and continuous cold about that time, as well as
a rather prolongued [prolonged] period succeeding it when the ground
was covered with snow varying in depth from ten to
twenty-two inches. Of course he could not have done
this but for the food liberally and constantly supplied
by our neighbor, Professor Putnam, and that we put
out for him, also - ours being chiefly mixed corn & oat
meal and bread crumbs. During February the bird came
to his roost in the vine by the Museum door on
the evenings of the 1st [February 1, 1914], 2nd [February 2, 1914], 3rd [February 3, 1914], 4th [February 4, 1914], 6th [February 6, 1914], 7th [February 7, 1914] 8th [February 8, 1914] 13th [February 13, 1914] 16th [February 16, 1914] and