Concord, Mass.
1908.
April 13
  Partly cloudy with strong N.W. wind. Snowing
thick & fast 9 to 10 P.M.
  While we were at breakfast this morning I noticed
a male Downy Woodpecker clinging to a stem of a lilac very
near the suet. I expected to see him fly to it in a moment
or two but he remained where he was for nearly half
an hour. During most of the time he kept perfectly motionless
with his bill pointing nearly straight upward. Even when
one of my men began raking leaves from around the clump
of lilacs the bird did not move although the rake
handle swept to & fro within eight or ten feet of him.
He seemed to be in a sort of trance and quite
oblivious to everything that went on around him. This
is not the first time I have seen a Downy behave
in this manner but it does not happen often.
When the bird finally changed his position he at 
once resumed his normal manner running actively 
up the trunk of an elm and then taking short
flights from tree to tree.