1903.
May 8
(No 2)
  As E. H. Forbush & I were passing through the cluster of
large pines in the woods behind Bensen's house at the
western end of Davis' Swamp this forenoon a male Red-shouldered
Hawk circled through the tree tops directly over us coming 
within good gun range. Its boldness suggested that it might
be breeding there & a moment later we discovered its nest
about sixty feet above the ground in a large white pine.
It was a rather small but nearly finished nest and
the down clinging to its sides and to the pine twigs just
above it was sufficient evidence to show that it was
occupied by the Hawks this season although we did
not care to undertake the difficult task of climbing the
tree. I have repeatedly seen the Hawks about the place
& have occasionally heard them screaming there, within
the past few weeks.
  Under a small pine on the crest of the neighboring
ridge we found a number of chalk marks and a fresh
& still wet pellet about the size of that commonly voided
by a Long-eared Owl. It was composed of fur which
looked like that of Mice but embedded in this we
found two sharp slender teeth which we both thought 
were those of a Shrew.