Strange 
behavior 
oQ)3l 
Ooooer* s 
Hawk 
While passing around the Glacial Hollow this after¬ 
noon, we came upon a small mixed flock, consisting of six 
or seven Chickadees, an Oven Bird, a Solitary Vireo and two 
young Chestnut-sided Warblers. They were hig’h up in the 
pines at first and we had to."screep" a good deal to get 
them down into good view. Presently a Cooper's Hawk began 
screaming not far off and the next moment cane flying 
through the trees and alighted on a low branch not ten yards 
from us and literally in the very midst of the Chickadees 
and Warblers, which curiously enough showed neither sus¬ 
picion nor alarm but went on feeding or flitting about 
within a few feet or yards of their dangerous neighbor. 
Their confidence proved to be not misplaced, for the Hawk, 
a young female in fresh autumn plumage, showed no desire 
to molest them but for a full minute sat erect and motion¬ 
less, regarding us with an expression of mingled surprise 
and suspicion. She then flew quietly away in the direction 
whence she had come, but the moment we resumed 11 screeping" 
she returned and, circling half around us, alighted again. 
This was repeated half a dozen times or more, the 
screeping never once failing to bring back the Hawk post 
haste, although she did not come quite as close as at first. 
Her approach was always heralded by a succession of shrill 
squealing cries (ke-e-e-e) agreeing in form with those of 
the young just from the nest, but louder, more penetrating, 
and more Jay-like in tone. Chapman thought the bird 
mistook our "screeping" for the call of its parent, bringing 
