Concord, Mass.
(Ball's Hill)
1900.
April 22
(No. 2)
  Hearing a Flicker "shouting" this morning on the
hillside above the cabin I looked for him closely
and presently discovered him perched in the top of
an oak sitting nearly erect on a slender twig, his
plumage ruffled. He constantly turned not only his
head but his body from side to side while delivering
his loud notes. Gilbert called my attention to the
evident fact that these were not all on the same
key, every alternate one being a "half step" lower than
the ones which preceeded  & followed it. I do not
mean by this that the song was abnormal but
simply that I have never before noticed the
peculiarity just mentioned. Flickers appear to
be unusually common here this season. I heard
two shouting in the Ball's Hill woods at one
time yesterday.
"Shouting" of the
Flicker
  Our tame Wild Rabbit was mostly in the same
place this evening. I threw several large leaves
of fresh lettuce down in front of it but they
were untouched the next morning although when
we left the spot at evening the Rabbit was
looking at one of them intently.
Our "tame"
Wild Rabbit
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