Cambridge, Mass.
1912.
Nov. 9
[November 9, 1912]

Tanager (P. rubra [Piranga rubra]?) again seen in our Garden.

  Clear & cool with light westerly wind.
  A [female] Tanager, similar in coloring to the one seen on the 7th
and without doubt the same individual bird, appeared again in
our Garden this afternoon. I saw it there several times and watched
it continuously from 2 to 2.30 P.M. During this period it thrice 
visited the gape arbor getting & eating a ripe
Isabella or Catawba grape. Twice it flitted through the shrubbery
about the pond in front of the Museum. For the most part, 
however, it frequented the big white willows and tall canoe 
birches at the head of the garden alighting in their tops or
upper branches, 40 to 60 feet above the ground, and from
these elevated perches launching out every now & then on wing
in pursuit of flying insects which it captured with all the 
skill and ease of a true Flycatcher. It was so restless, shy
and suspicious that I did not once succeed in approaching
it closely but in the clear sunlight, with the aid of a good