. The book of birds, common birds of town and country and American game birds . t limb or pole in thenpen, or flying with measured wing overprairies and sparsely wooded areas on the look-out for its favorite prey, causes it to be noticedb.\ the most indifferent observer. .Althoughnot as omnivorous as the red-shouldered hawk,it feeds on a variety of food, as , snakes, frogs, insects, birds, crawfish,centipedes, and e\en carrion. In regionswhere rattlesnakes abound it destroys consid-erable numbers of tlie reptiles. Although itfeeds to a certain extent on poultry and birds,
. The book of birds, common birds of town and country and American game birds . t limb or pole in thenpen, or flying with measured wing overprairies and sparsely wooded areas on the look-out for its favorite prey, causes it to be noticedb.\ the most indifferent observer. .Althoughnot as omnivorous as the red-shouldered hawk,it feeds on a variety of food, as , snakes, frogs, insects, birds, crawfish,centipedes, and e\en carrion. In regionswhere rattlesnakes abound it destroys consid-erable numbers of tlie reptiles. Although itfeeds to a certain extent on poultry and birds,it is ne\ertheless entitled to general protectionon account of the insistent warfare it wagesagainst field mice and other small rodents andinsects that are so destructive to young or-chards, nursery stock, and farm produce. Outof 530 stomachs examined, 457, or 85 per cent,contained the remains of mammal pests, suchas field mice, pine mice, rabbits, several spe-cies of ground squirrels, pocket gophers, andcotton rats, and only 62 contained the remainsof poultry or game Illi)t(jerciph in I InwG 11. Cleaves RED-SHOULDERED HAWK DEMONSTR.\TlNG THE RE-^CII OE ITS LEGS For experimental purposes a stufi^ed owl was tied in an upright position and the investi-gators secreted themselves to await developments. Almost immediately there was an uproarin which every bird in the vicinity took part. A red-shouldered hawk swooped down uponthe bait and gave it a vicious jab, while the others were an interested audience perched inadjiiining trees around the arena. The attack was repeated until the owls feathers werealmost ail pulled out and the excelsior stuffing showed in several places. 51
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