Cambridge, Mass.
1912.
July 24
[July 24, 1912]

Family of Screech Owls in The Garden.

  One young Owl in top of cherry tree, two with parent on 
stump at edge of Jungle.
July 25 [July 25, 1912]  Three young owls in top of cherry tree. I did not see the
fourth but Percy found it somewhere in the Jungle. They leave 
their day perches to begin their nocturnal rambles soon 
after sunset and sometimes before it.
July 26 [July 26, 1912]  Three young in grape arbor at 7.30 A.M.; in top of cherry 
most of the forenoon; scattered about on low perches in birch grove, 
apparently watching for prey, at 6.45 P.M. Other two birds not seen.
July 27 [July 27, 1912]  All four young perched close together in paper birch in Jungle 
at 8 A.M. and later . They now show well-developed "ears" but 
are still in first plumage. One looks strongly reddish, the others 
gray. The old bird was not seen to-day.
July 29 [July 29, 1912]  Two young back in catalopa [catalpa]; a third in top of cherry; the 
fourth, with the old one, missing.