. The birds of California : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 580 species and subspecies of birds found in the state. Birds; Birds. The Golden Eagle Incubation lasts up- wards of thirty days, and the young when hatched appear to be all eyes (the elaboration of the "eagle eye" is a most important task in nature's prepara- tion for this infant king), and are so weak that they cannot hold their heads up. They are covered at first with a white or pale yellowish white down, con- spicuous marks to the eye of an air scout; but nature has no provision against human attack, an
. The birds of California : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 580 species and subspecies of birds found in the state. Birds; Birds. The Golden Eagle Incubation lasts up- wards of thirty days, and the young when hatched appear to be all eyes (the elaboration of the "eagle eye" is a most important task in nature's prepara- tion for this infant king), and are so weak that they cannot hold their heads up. They are covered at first with a white or pale yellowish white down, con- spicuous marks to the eye of an air scout; but nature has no provision against human attack, and the Eagle fears nought else. In case of invasion, the king of birds can only lurk anxiously in the offing and give vent to his anxie- ties by a peculiar screak- ing, known throughout literature as a "scream," cheop' cheop', tsyewk' tsy- ewk'—slowly. This is a rather pathetic and quite inadequate sound, if intim- idation be intended. In- deed, on occasion, it sounds more like the meditations of a young "broiler" that it does like a master cry. The young Eaglets require at least three months for their develop- ment, and when they do launch out into the world, they are likely to be a little wobbly for several days. Professor Loye Holmes Miller vouches1 for the following account given him by Miss F. E. Schuman, a student in one of his biology classes: "Last summer while my father and I were extracting honey at the apiary about a mile southeast of Thacher School, Ojai, California, we noticed a golden eagle teaching its young one to fly. It was about ten o'clock. The mother started from the nest in the crags. Taken in Riverside County Photo by Wright M. Pi A ROMANTIC NICHE 1 Condor, Vol. p. 212. 1708. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Dawson, William Leon, 1873-1928;
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