On reaching the base of the pine-clad hill, where 
the Cooper's Hawks have bred these past five years, we heard 
what we at first supposed to be the screaming of Buteo 
Hawk 
line at us Red-aiouldered ) coming from the pines. The 
next instant a male Cooper's Hawk appeared above these trees 
and after circling and soaring for e i minute or two plunged 
back into them again. Immediately after he disappeared, the 
screaming was resumed and continued at intervals for some 
time. On listening to it closely we both concluded that it 
the Red-shouldered Hawk 
was harsher than that of Imaa tu-s and different in tone and 
that the notes were shorter (clipped off at the end, as it 
were). Of course there is no proof that these cries were 
uttered by the Cooper's Hawk but I believe this to have been 
the case. 
Landing in the usual place, we strolled through 
the pine woods, starting a Grouse but seeing no small birds, 
then visited the apple tree on the edge of the swamp where 
I have found traces of Screech Owls for so many successive 
seasons but never the bird itself. To-day we were more for¬ 
tunate, however, for the hole proved to contain a gray Owl 
which was squatting on the bottom with "ears" slightly 
raised and eyes half-open. We looked at it for some time 
but did not disturb it. 
On the stubble we started some Fox Sparrows. While 
watching them we saw a Hairy Woodpecker come galloping through 
the air towards an isolated apple tree on which it alighted 
