Lexington, Mass.
1916
January 6
(No 5)
[January 6, 1916]

reached it when excited outcry arose among them
and more than half the flock dashed off through the
cedars to be quickly followed by the rest. Just as the first 
lot were disappearing I caught sight of a rather large
Hawk, perhaps a Cooper's [Cooper's Hawk], whose line of swift, gliding
flight (on set wings) seemed to diverge slightly from,
rather than to follow, theirs. He was visible only for
an instant, while crossing a narrow spring in the densely
crowded trees. Although he evidently gave the Grosbeaks [Evening Grosbeak]
a good fright they soon recovered from it and returned 
to the Box Elder where, during the next half hour,
I had them constantly under my glass within twenty feet or less and watched
them to the best possible advantage as regarded light,
backgrounds etc., especially when, as not infrequently
happened, several of them descended to the ground and
hopped about over its snow-covered surface. At length