.j Lake Unbagog. v 
As we were paddling down the (Cambridge) river at about 
3 P*M. we saw a Great Horned Owl. It was quite as alert and 
sky as a Hawk, starting from an ash tree that overhung the 
water when we were fully eighty yards away and flying back 
into the woods where it alighted on a large branch and sat 
watching us while we looked at it through our field glasses. 
?/ill Sargent tells me that he often starts these Owls along 
the banks of the Cambridge. He thinks they are attracted by 
the Muskrats which they prey upon freely. 
Great Horned Owl hooting in bright sunlight. ^ 
Lake Umbagog, Maine. Curtis Meadow. 
1900. As we (the Stones and I) were taking some photographs, 
Sept.14. two Great Horned Owls began hooting in the woods to the west¬ 
ward keeping it up for fifteen or twenty minutes, although it 
was early in the afternoon (about 3.30) and the sun shining 
bright and hot at the time. One bird's hoot was regularly 
the typical hoo, hoo-hoo , hoo , hoc :' the other with equal reg- 
ulanty hooted hoo . hoo-hoo-hoo . hoo-hoo-hoo , hoo . The hoot- 
of the second form regularly followed that of the first in 
quick succession; then there was a pause of several seconds 
before the first bird hooted again. I do not recall ever 
hearing these Owls hoot in broad daylight in the north before, 
but it has happened at least once in my experience in .the 
South - at Charleston years ago. 
1898. 
Sept.ll. 
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