1910.
Oct 31
(No 6)
[October 31, 1910]

Saw-whet Owl.

kind and he looked especially gray about the head.
When on the watch for prey he assumed an attitude very
like that of a Buteo regarding fixedly a bit of meadow
beneath a big oak with his head lowered and gaze directed
downward.
  As twilight was falling this evening Purdie & I went
to the "run" and remained there until dusk hoping
to hear the Saw-whet call. But the woods were
silent as the grave although the air was perfectly
still and comparatively mild.
  I have just stated that this Owl's eyes had a
gentle and confiding expression. As we were watching
him in the pine, standing within two yards of him,
I remarked to my companions "He looks like a gentle
little pet bird, escaped from its cage & not wholly unwilling
to return to it." To this all the others agreed.