89

Concord, Mass.
1916
Aug. 30
to
Nov. 4

& far-reaching vision very much of southern New England
if not also Long Island Sound.

Pigeon Hawk

  A [female] Pigeon Hawk, flying swiftly westward about
noon of October 28 [October 28, 1916], passed low over several pure 
white tame pigeons, perched on a shed roof at our
farm, without showing any signs of noticing them
but they, without exception, kept their mild eyes
fixed on her, each bird tilting its head over sideways
so as to bring one eye uppermost, for they seldom
employ more than one while gazing thus at anything
directly overhead. I saw the Hawk well enough to
feel assured that it was a young bird.

Screech Owl.

  Screech Owls were heard not infrequently at evening
throughout the month of October, in trees growing close to
our farm house or in the Berry Pasture. They uttered their
wailing cries oftenest about sunset, and sometimes before it,
although I have seldom known this happen in former years.