Concord, Mass.
1910.
June 20
[June 20, 1910]

  Clear & very warm with light W. [west] wind.

Cooper's Hawk

  As I was strolling through dense woods (in the Run) late
this afternoon I heard the shrill clamor that Tree Swallows
make when in pursuit of a Hawk and perhaps at no
other time. The next instant a large female Cooper's Hawk
came over near from the direction of our house, flying
just above the tops of the trees at amazing speed with
five or six Swallows trailing along behind but keeping up
fairly well.

Carolina Dove.

  For the first time this year I heard a Dove cooing
not far from the house in a large oak by the cow pasture.
I cannot quite understand why these charming birds
have so persistently avoided our woods for the past few
years unless the Hawks & Jays have driven them
off. But no Cooper's Hawks have bred in our woods
this year & I have seen them there only a few times.