CONCORD 
1905 
June 6 
A Crow 
carri es 
off a 
voung 
Robin 
As Mr. and. Mrs. C. F. Batchelder and I were in the 
wood-shed at the Farm about 11 A. M., we heard the agonized 
screams of a young Robin immediately followed by a hubbub 
of mingled bird voices. Rushing out we at once traced the 
sounds to the top of the tall elm that stands in front of the 
barn. It was fairly alive with birds of various kinds — 
Robins, Bluebirds, two Phoebes, a Cresfed Flycatcher, 
Chippies, etc. They were fluttering about in the greatest 
excitement and in their midst, equally excited, apparently, 
was a large Gray Squirrel which, at first, we supposed to be 
the cause of the disturbance. 
Presently, however, a Crow emerged from a cluster 
of dense foliage in the very middle of the throng and flew 
off bearing, clutched in one of its feet, a young Robin 
apparently nearly fully grown and fluttering its little wings 
feebly as it dangled beneath the claws of the Crow. The 
latter bird was followed for one hundred yards or more by 
the mob of smaller birds but they soon gave up the chase 
and straggled back in silence. Qt is unusual for Crows to 
so 
venture/near this house but I saw a pair of them sailing 
in circles low over the orchard near the barn a week or so 
ago. Occasionally one would alight in an apple tree for a 
moment. They were evidently looking for birds’ nests and 
the Robins v, r ere greatly disturbed at their presenceT] 
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