Concord, Massachusetts.
1899.
Oct. 12-31
(f)
a Long-eared Owl for although it started from 
a tree (one of the maples on the river bank just below Flint's bridge)
very near at hand and flew directly over me within a few
yards it was nearly dark at the time & I could make
out little more than the bird[']s general size & shape
as its shadowy form was outlined for an instant against 
the sky.
  Bubo virginianus:  On the 29th I found the remains of
a freshly-killed Crow under a large pine on the western
edge of Davis's Swamp. The head, wings and legs were intact
and attached to the skeleton of the body from which practically
every morsel of flesh had been removed. The ground close
around the carcass was white with the chalky excrement
of some bird of prey and a pellet of the very largest
size showed beyond question that the murder had 
been committed by a Great Horned Owl. One fact
especially interested & to some degree puzzled me
viz. that the pellet, which lay within less than
a yard of the remains, was composed entirely of the
feathers & bones of a crow. It seems hardly possible
that the pellet could have been found & ejected
within less than two or three hours after the Owl
had finished his meal but he may have passed
the interim sitting on the ground by the remains of
his victim or he may have returned for a second
feast; or still again the feathers & bones composing
the pellet may have belonged to another Crow.
The bird which I found was probably caught while
roosting in the pine under which it lay but I could
discover no real evidence that such had been the case.
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