. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . rainy. The hoots are notdeep in tone like the Horned and areabout eight in number, given in rapidsuccession and the last one ratherlong drawn out. At a distance itsounds a great deal like a dog barking. They prey usually on squirrelsand small rodents, with an occasionalrabbit. Never knew of one of themrobbing a hen roost like the HornedOwls, although they sometimes do so. They nest in natural cavities inlarge trees. Usually not over thirtyor forty feet up, and in hollows oropenings that do not go in very they nest i
. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . rainy. The hoots are notdeep in tone like the Horned and areabout eight in number, given in rapidsuccession and the last one ratherlong drawn out. At a distance itsounds a great deal like a dog barking. They prey usually on squirrelsand small rodents, with an occasionalrabbit. Never knew of one of themrobbing a hen roost like the HornedOwls, although they sometimes do so. They nest in natural cavities inlarge trees. Usually not over thirtyor forty feet up, and in hollows oropenings that do not go in very they nest in the tops ofbroken off stubs and are exposed tothe weather. Here they lay two or three eggs,and about March 25th is the right timeto look for fresh eggs. R. B. Simpson. The Great Horned Owl.(Bubo Virginianus.)Early on the morning of March 3rd,my friend Spencer and I started towalk armed with climbers, rope andcamera, our object being to visit eightor ten old hawks nests in hopes offinding Mrs. Bubo at I left the house the thermometer THE OOLOGIST 11. Nest and Eggs of the Barred Owl ■—Photo by R. B. Simpson 12 THE OOLOGIST stood at zero, but it was clear andturned into a fine day. In the woods•we found a heavy deep snow, but itwas crusted hard and held up so thatwalking was fine. We visited the basin in the big tim-ber where the Goshawks nested andlooked over the old nests but withoutresults, although there is a pair ofBubos in that vicinity. We did notsee or hear the Gashawk either. We then went to another placewhere I knew a pair of Owls waslocated and looked after the old hawkand crow nests. We found the oldlady at home in a nest that has beenused for several seasons, by a pairof Red Shouldered Hawks. When Ibumped the tree she flopped off andquickly dissappeared into a lot of largepines. The nest was sixty-five feet fromthe ground in a chestnut and was nota difficult one to reach. After a lotof fussing we got a good photo ofthe outfit and secured a nice fresh
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