Concord, Mass.
1906.
Aug. 19
(No 2)
  The Bensen family tell me that a small Hawk
(probably a Sharp-shinned) appeared in one of the
elms that shade their house the other day (I think on
Friday the 17th) and soon afterwards flew from the 
tree carrying a nest in its talons. This it dropped
not far off and with the nest were three young
birds, dying or dead, on the ground. Forbush, who saw
them afterwards, tells me that they were young
Chipping Sparrows. I think that a pair of Sharp-shins
raised their brood this year in the pine woods
at the southeastern extremity of the Green Field &
that the young are still lingering near at hand.
I found what I took to be the nest last May
but did not revisit it.
A small Hawk raids a Chippy's nest
  Cooper's Hawks were apparently absent from
our woods during May & June although I saw 
them frequently about the farm in April. A week
ago today (that is on August 12th) I was passing
the southern end of Green Field when a shrill, squeaking
cree-cree-cree-cree-cree attracted my attention. I
recognised it at once as the cry of a Hawk but of
which particular species I was in some doubt until I 
saw a Cooper's Hawk fly from the woods and plump
down in the uncut grass near the middle of the 
field. A minute or two later it flew back to the
edge of the woods where it alighted on a fence post
and where I soon discovered another Hawk of the
same kind perched on a neighboring post. Both were
evidently young birds. They flapped their wings & squealed 
every few minutes. Bensen tells me that he has seen three 
of them together in the field lately.
Young Cooper's Hawks. Their cries