Concord, Mass.
1910
Oct. 11
(No 2)
[October 11, 1910]

exactly like those which one finds in any oldish
apple tree in our Massachusetts orchards and which are popularly
supposed to be made by the Downy Woodpecker. This Sapsucker
was a young female showing no trace of red on either crown or
throat. She was silent and very tame. This is the first 
time I have ever seen a Sapsucker - or any other Woodpecker -
drill a hole in the back of a living apple tree.

Marsh Hawk passes directly through a flock of Titlarks

  Early this morning Purdie and I saw a brown
Marsh Hawk scaling over Great Meadows about 40 feet above
the ground. It passed directly through a large flock
of Titlarks which were flying at the same level without
paying any attention to them or causing them the least
perceptable [perceptible] alarm, yet several of them seemed to pass (or
be passed) within a distance of only three or four feet.
The Hawk was evidently not looking for prey at the time and
the Titlarks did not seem to regard it as a source of even
possible danger.