CO?^CORD. 
1910 
October 31 
Gai7->‘.7bet 
Owl 
We had a most interesting experience to-day vflth 
a Scind-'^et. H* W. Henshaw discovered It about 11 A, M*, 
perched in a dead ^vild-apple tree in the Parrett l:un within 
thirty yards of the wood road. His attention was colled to 
it by some Chickadees and Juncos that were flitting close 
about it. They showed -ittle or no excitement and seemed 
to be laerely curious atout it, as was a Blue Jay who 
approached it within a yard, apparently merely to have a 
good look at it, when Henshaw took m to the place some 
fifteen minutes later, all the birds had departed and the 
Owl was left in pfaoe. 
He was sitting in full sunshine in a rather open 
part of the wooded swamp,about 4 feet above the ground. 
He seemed rather alert and quite wide awake, keeping his 
eyes open most of the time and frequently moving his head, 
occasionally directing his gaae towards the ground as if 
watching for prey. We took Purdie there at 11.30, The 
Owl was there still on the same perch, but his eyes were 
tightly closed and he seemed to be taking a 
Our next visit wac made about 2,30 P. M,, when we 
found that the Saw-whet had changed his pooltion a little. 
having moved a foot or more higher up on the braaoh. He 
was now ae vride awake as any diurnal bird of ^rey and 
evidently was \7atching the grcfund beneath in the hope of 
discovering some mouse or beetle there, A few minutes later 
