1898 
May 1 
Young 
of 
Great 
Horned 
Ov/1, 
At 8,30 M, I started v/ith, Purdie down river in tiie 
old Buttrick boat, paddling, poling and rowing by turns, hugging 
the shores of the flooded meadow closely for the water is no\? as 
high as it vras the middle of last l;Ia.rch. We sav; but few birds 
until we reached Lo.wrence's big vroods where on landing vie found 
a nixed flock of Yellow-rumps and Yellow Palm Warblers flitting 
about among the oaks and pines, darting out after flying insects 
and singing freely, the dry, chattering notes of the Palm Warblers 
blending vAth the much sweeter ones of the Yellow-rumps. 
Following the old wood#path vie presently reached the 
top of the hill where a most interesting experience awaited us. 
As vie began rambling about through the fine old v/oods, I 
noticed, every few steps, large pellets of fur and bones 
scattered aoout under the trees. I had just remarked to Purdie 
that a Great Horned 0\7l must have been living in the neighborhood 
and that it \7as probably the same bird which I have heard 
several times this spring near Ball's Hill when, raising my eyes, 
I saw what I took at first to be a. dead Sheep lying at the foot 
of a large pine about thirty yards off but on approaching nearer 
we discovered that the v/hltlsh-looklng object, very conspicuous 
on the russet-brown surface of the ground, wa.s two young Great 
Horned Owls, huddled close together. They were fully three- 
quarters gro’wn and already well-feathered, although enough &o\m 
still adhered to the tips of the feathers to give them a generally 
whitish appearance. One of them opened its pale yello?/ eyes wide 
and stared at us with dull curiosity but the other kept its eyes 
tightly closed. V7e did not go near enough to disturb them 
seriously and we saw nothing of either of their parents. They 
