Concord, Mass.
1914
March 17
to
May 31
(No 9)

  Bird-killing Hawks were exceptionally scarce this spring
and our numerous Chickens were not molested by them or by
the Crows. I saw Cooper's Hawks & Sharp-shins [Sharp-shinned Hawk] only once or twice
near the farm & doubt if they did much harm there although
the feathers of a Junco which one of them may have killed
was found among some birches bordering the lane. Red shouldered 
Hawks were as common and vociferous as usual. A pair
reoccupied the nest in the big chestnut at Holden's Hill & others
were apparently breeding to the westward of the Farm in the
Estabrook woods country. A male Marsh Hawk came skimming
through our fields or over the orchard every few days & 
his mate was seen there occasionally. Sparrow Hawks also
paid us a visit every now & then. Starlings were seen
over at the Farm & repeatedly near Flint's bridge where a 
pair nested in a hollow apple tree on the old Buttrick place
according to its present owner, Stedman Buttrick.