Cambridge, Mass.
1912
August 5
[August 5, 1912]

Family of Screech Owls in The Garden.

 Only the old Owl seen to-day. - in top of cherry tree.
August 6 [August 6, 1912]  Three Owls spent day in cherry trees east of grape arbor,
the old red bird in one, two young in the other.
August 7 [August 7, 1912]  Three young Owls, widely scattered. Two were in the Jungle.
The third appeared about noon, in bright sunlight, on the 
cement rise of the little pond in front of Museum where it 
sat erect and alert with eyes wide open, glancing now this 
way now that, frequently bobbing its head up and down. When 
we peered out at it through a window of the Museum 
it noticed us at once and gazed at us frigidly for 
minutes with its face towards us over its back. Soon 
after this a Robin darted down at it when it flew up 
into the catalopa [catalpa] to be assailed there frequently by an Oriole 
two Red-eyes and a Yellow Warbler, all excited and vociferous. 
It probably visited the pond with the intention of 
taking a bath. I see Owl feathers often in the water. Perhaps the 
goldfish seen as an attractive but none have been taken as yet.