. The oist . The OoLOGiST. Vol. No. 9. Albion, N. Y., Sept. 15,1916. Whole No. 850Owned and Published Monthly, by R. M. Barnes, Albion, , and Lacon, IlL. Great Horned Owl on its nest near Waynesburg, Pa., 1910. —Photo by S. S. Dickey. 156 THE OOLOGIST Relative to the Bald Eagle in Alaska. How many of us have seen a flock ofBald Eagles? Very few I wager. Inmost sections of the country such asight is not common. When onespeaks of eagles as occurring in flockshe is rather looked upon with suspi-cion. Yet in Alaska, especially south-eastern Alaska, in the spring of theyear, such a sig
. The oist . The OoLOGiST. Vol. No. 9. Albion, N. Y., Sept. 15,1916. Whole No. 850Owned and Published Monthly, by R. M. Barnes, Albion, , and Lacon, IlL. Great Horned Owl on its nest near Waynesburg, Pa., 1910. —Photo by S. S. Dickey. 156 THE OOLOGIST Relative to the Bald Eagle in Alaska. How many of us have seen a flock ofBald Eagles? Very few I wager. Inmost sections of the country such asight is not common. When onespeaks of eagles as occurring in flockshe is rather looked upon with suspi-cion. Yet in Alaska, especially south-eastern Alaska, in the spring of theyear, such a sight is not fact, at times the Bald Eagle isseldom seen unaccompanied by threeor more of its fellows. Of the largerland birds only the raven exceeds itin point of numbers for from the mostsoutherly part of the Alexander Archi-pelago to far out in the Aleutian chainthe eagle is ever present. So plenti-ful is the eagle in the territory at pres-ent that it is becoming extremely ob-noxious and several Alaskan enter-prises which are suffering from itsdepredations are making efforts tobring about a reduction in its num-bers. In speaking of eagles in Alas
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