Cambridge, Mass.
1907
March
11-15
  During this period a Screech Owl has been
seen frequently in or near the Washington elm
by Mr. J. W. Ames' son "Johnnie". Usually it has
been observed high in this venerable tree looking out
from the entrance to a hole in a decayed branch.
On one occasion, however, it was perched on the
cornice of one of the Radcliff College buildings. Some
"town boys" finally discovered it and drove it about
from place to place pelting it with snow-balls but
it always returned at evening to the old elm.
On the evening of the 15th (at 6.20 P.M.) Miss
Catherine Thompson heard it uttering the low,
rolling, monotonous notes which I heard so frequently
near our home in February or March two or three
years ago and which Chapman and Forbush
assure me are the love notes of the species.
Miss Thompson described them to me so perfectly
that I recognized them at once. She said they
came from the direction of the Washington elm
(she was at the Thayers' house on Phillips Place at 
the time) but she did not see the bird.
Screech Owl in the Washington Elm
Love notes of the Screech Owl