1893
Jan'y 24
Cambridge
Cloudy with light flurries of snow, the clouds
breaking apart in the W. at sunset & showing patches
of blue sky. Much warmer than past two days
with the snow melting a good deal in the streets.
  Drove to Fresh Pond with Faxon at 4.15
P.M. Leaving the horse & sleigh in the lane
in George's care we made careful search through
the hemlock grove for traces of the Duck Hawk
hoping to find some evidence as to what
he has been eating these past two weeks. In 
this we were disappointed for we saw neither
fowl nor feather save the few feathers of the
Tree Sparrow noted on the 22nd.  But we started
the Hawk himself - from a hemlock on the
edge of the grove near its N.W. extremity next
the pond. The bird flew from the middle of the tree
and at first made straight out over the pond
then, curving to the left, described a large
circle around the grove and crossing Cambridge
Nook alighted in one of ten oaks on the [?]
place, choosing a large branch near the middle of
the tree. During this flight the bird moved at
amazing speed although this was not apparent
except when he passed some prominent object for
he did not appear to be exerting himself and the
wing beats were seemingly very easy.
  We found two men, one the Park policeman,
Clark, shooting at the drake Whistler in the pool
above the fountain. They said the bird was wounded
but we persuaded them to desist.