Cambridge, Mass.
1905.
Nov. 11
  Clear & mild with light S.W. wind.
  Awakening at 7 A.M. at Mrs. Scudder's on Buckingham 
Street where I am rooming at present I heard coming in
through the open window and evidently from very near at hand
the sharp metallic chirp of a Cardinal. The sound soon ceased
but when I slipped outside at 7.40 I heard it again and
quickly caught sight of the bird perched on a rafter within
a few yards of the front steps. It was a male in full
but rather light red plumage. I whistled the song notes many
times but the bird paid no apparent heed to them. A few
minutes later he flew off into the Smith's grounds - or perhaps
into those of Mr. Spelman just beyond - and I saw no
more of him. This, no doubt, was the same bird as
that which has been seen repeatedly during the past month
in and near the Botanic Garden. On October 24th
Miss Parson's telephoned me that he had been seen almost
daily in their grounds (on Garden Street very near the
Botanic Garden) "during the past five weeks."
Cardinal Grosbeak
  There were many birds in our garden to-day - a
Robin, a Cedar bird, two Chickadees, a Kinglet, a Hermit,
two Fox Sparrows, a Yellow-rumped Warbler a 
Downy Woodpecker & a Blue Jay.
Birds in the Garden
  The Cedar bird seen in the Garden looked like a very 
young bird. It had almost no sign of a crest & no wax
and the obscura streaks on the breast, which are found 
in young in first plumage, were plainly visable. I doubt
if it could have been more than five weeks old. It
was in the Parkman's apple inspecting the fruit which, however,
it was not seen to eat. I got within a few yards of it.
Young Cedar bird.