Concord, Mass.
1911.
Oct. 13
[October 13, 1911]

  Brilliantly clear with fresh North-west wind.

Long eared Owl seen in evening twilight

  As I was returning from Davis's Hill to Ball's Hill about
half an hour after sunset this evening an Owl of the size of a 
Partridge (Bonasa) started from the big black oak that stands on
the edge of the swampy hollow filled with button bushes and
after circling over me within 15 feet returned to the oak
where it perched for a moment on a large limb about 20 feet above the ground.
This was repeated a dozen times or more. Usually the bird
came out directly towards me and after circling close around me
went back directly into the tree where it always alighted on
one of the stouter branches, not more than 20 feet up. Sometimes,
however, it flew away from me at first and after crossing
an opening beyond the swamp came back over me to the oak,
while twice it alighted in a leafless maple on the
opposite side of the road from the oak and on
the edge of the meadow. Finally it flew out across