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An Unexpected Visitor 



When I came downstairs at about six 

 o'clock in the morning on September i6, 

 I was astonished to see a Screech Owl 

 sitting on a radiator in the front hall. My 

 first thought was that someone had put a 

 stuffed bird there as a joke, but I realized 

 at once that he was alive, because he 

 turned his head when I moved to one side. 

 I called to my wife, and she came down to 

 see our visitor, who did not seem to be at 

 all disturbed at our presence. I then got 



and flew into an adjoining room. He struck 

 against a mirror and dropped onto a table, 

 where he sat on a pile of books, looking 

 very wise indeed. He did not remain long, 

 however, but flew to my camera, which 

 was standing near-by. After my friend had 

 taken his picture in this position we de- 

 cided not to keep him in the house any 

 longer, so we opened the door, and he flew 

 silently out, being lost to view in some 

 near-by woods. 



We think the Owl must have come down 

 a chimney into a fireplace, as there was 



SCREECH OWL 

 Photographed by H. L. Shaw, Jr. 



out my camera and took some pictures, 

 one of which is reproduced herewith. 

 Nearly an hour later I went to the house 

 of a neighbor, and got him to come over 

 with his camera. The Owl had remained 

 in the same place all this time, and I found 

 that I could get close to the radiator with- 

 out disturbing him. But finally, when I 

 stood with my hand on the radiator, within 

 a few inches of the Owl, he became alarmed 



apparently no other way in which he could 

 have gotten in. — H. S. Shaw, Jr., Dover. 

 Mass. 



A Long-eared Owl Roost 



What is believed to be an unusual ob- 

 servation was recorded by the undersigned 

 on February 4, 1917, in Goodwin Park, in 

 the outskirts of this city. A telephone 

 message in the morning communicated the 



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