All Phenomena for December

	50 51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60	61
	A thaw (not Jan.)			10 weather warmer snow sofftened	22nd has thawed in night frost coming out muddy walking	29 thaws somewhat					7 muddy
	22 1st thawed Wild apples thawed								18
	River open again	27 river open				13 generally open again
	cocks crow					29		3	1&2		7
	F.H.P open again
	14 like pepper 1st snow fleas on snow	7 in a pile		10
	Baeomyces roseus	12
about 10 [gap] or lichen day	1st Lichen day 31 Dec.							Nov. 24
	Bare ground 29 almost entirely bare or in to thaw	1 snow keeps off unusu ally 28bare	8 bare 18still bare		3rd fields & woods partic. empty & bare 8 still no snow nor ice noticeable 11 still no snow 20th no snow	17 bare ground		25 still mostly bare 28 bare	6th 18		7 a thaw making bare gr
	Cows turned out again	6th
	Windy	18 very cold windy day	24 cold & quite windy			15 blows hard
	High wind			4th very high wind last night		4 cleared off (snow) with a high N.W. wind last eve. greatly - shaking house 14 snow clears up in night with gusty N.W. wind					27
	Piercing N.W. wind				26th strong cold N.W. wind	17 & bare ground			24		21 cold & strong
	White p. cones blown off								25 blown off yesterday
	Open water very dark in wind		27	8
	Colors of winter landscape 20				23 from Conatum			12 River meads 25 color of landscape
	Notice redness of O. leaves 2 the shrub o. fire burns briskly						13 damp day brings out color of 18 redder for the wet
	Some O. [gap]↓c- still bright 8 & 26
	The dark red evergreen shrubs		5th			21 andromeda
	Color of osiers & cornel bark				3rd[gap]
	Pale leather color of Pinweed pas- ture				21	6 brown on white
	Color of pines or evergreens 50 51 26 dark brown now	52	53	54	55	56	57	11th58	59	60	61
	Colors forms of dry sedge in hills				21			25	6th in Haywoods meads. by RR - 13 grows by river
	Sedge on edge of ice lit by sun		11 at Haywood's P.						22 cladium at Flint's
	Various shades of brown in O. leaves on hillside					7-8- 12-17-19- 21		11 value of
	Leaves in heaps on snow					9 great heaps		11
	Twisted petioles of O. leaves					21
	Green in winter		7on forest floor						22 cress in Mill- brook
	Radical leaves				23 at Lee's Cliff 26 all types of growth & greenness in winter. attrac- ive – as e.g. weeds seen floating in water	25 catnip at Lee's under snow					20 mallows' leaf still common
say first or later before deep snow	Notice colored things above snow				14	13 pink tint of young birches	20 a blueberry	12 in masses
	24 with sparrow 1st Shrike				29			12-23-24	18 3 this PM 30
	Small woodpecker whistles 14
	1st snow bunting 24		29th29	10 & 15				12 very large flock	21 23tracks of & [gap]
	Pine grosbeaks 24
	1st Lesser redpolls	2nd 9th		19 & prob, 15
	Last ducks on ~~meadow~~river			14 2 in river
	Last of geese	15 small flock			6th hear some				15 in Spencer brook
	Tree sparrows eat larch seed		3rd					1
	Short barred owl		8
	Diver on Walden		26th
	1st Brown creeper				21
	F. hyemalis still					4 & 28		22

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