A great horned ov/1 hooted from a tree by 
the edge of the Half loon hut I did not look it 
up then.for I was watching a mink which v/as 
working towards me. By the time I had started 
to look it up it had flown across the river 
where I could hear it for some time. It shifted 
its position continually and kept hooting at 
short intervals. 
Robins seemed rather alarmed to hear it. 
Sept ember 22, 19 02 - Monday . 
This morning there were a number of robins in 
Hoags yard. They were bathing by turns in a 
pan about fifteen feet from where 1 was sitting. 
The first one to come puffed its breast feathers 
out as far as possible and jumped and splashed 
across. It did this several times and then went 
off. The next seemed afraid to go in and kept 
sidling along the edge. Another came up and 
jumped in. They cracked their bills sharply but 
did not fight. Then the timid one went in and 
after a few more sharp cracks the other left. A 
male came but v/as promptly chased away. They got 
so much water in their wing feathers that it v/as 
hard for them to start to fly. 
September 28, 1902 - Sunday. 
The 23rd I shot a Coopers Hawk over by 
the Half Moon. I heard it scream tse-hee and 
then saw on the stub of a limb. f ihe bullet went 
in J'U'st above the wing bone. ,J -he bird was dis¬ 
abled but not much hurt. I carried its home on 
the end of my gun. It v/atched me fiercely all the 
v/ay v/ith wings raised as if t.o strike and open mouth 
Occasionally it would try to fly but v/as only able 
to go a few feet. It did not try to use its beak 
for defence but struck at any threatening object 
with its feet. Its grasp was very tenacious. 
I put it in the cow stable and gave it 
sparrows and water. It ate on an average 2 
sparrows a day. I generally g ave it four or five 
