Cambridge, Mass.
1909
Nov. 27 [November 27, 1909]
  About sunset this afternoon I was sitting at
my desk in the Museum when the low, scolding
chatter of a Carolina Wren came faintly to my ears,
apparently from just outside the closed window.
Glancing through it, without leaving my chair, I saw
the bird at once, perched on top of a post, within
three feet of the window sill and a little below it,
his tail cocked over his back. his mandible parted 
and vibrating as he uttered his scolding cry again. The
next instant he took flight and disappeared around the
corner of the building. No doubt it was the self-same
bird noted on the 2nd, 3rd & 8th of this month. I think
I have heard him scolding at least twice since the
8th and previous to this afternoon. I have looked for
him very many times during this interim but always in
vain although I used a dog (Larry) to help beat the shrubbery
Carolina Wren reappears in our garden.