Cambridge, Mass.
1900.
February.
(No.3)
the Cambridge - Watertown line.
  Walter Deane visited Norton's Woods on the 3rd to see a 
Barred owl that had been spending some weeks there. It was in the 
late afternoon and the bird was sitting in one of the 
pines some 25 or 30 feet above the ground. Its dusky coloring 
amid the dense foliage of the tree rendered it very incon-
spicuous. As dusk approached it noiselessly sailed away a
few hundred feet, alighting on a dead branch whence it soon 
resumed its course from tree to tree. Dr. Walter Faxon who
was with him picked up a pellet from under the tree where the 
Owl had been spending the day and found on examination that
it contained the skull of an English Sparrow. This species
has doubtless been its principal food during its stay here.
  But six species of birds, exclusive of the ever-present
English Sparrow visited the garden during the month and the
visits of all these were infrequent, excepting those of the 
male Downy Woodpecker. He remained faithful to the lump of 
suet in the crab apple tree. Following is the list:-
1. Regulus satrapa. Two seen on the 4th
2. Parus atricapillus. In strong contrast with February of last year,
but a single bird was observed in the garden on the 1st,
6th and 10th. One sang the phoebe note on the 1st with 
  the mercury between 8 degrees and 17 degrees.
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