. Birds in literature . Hawks are most frequently misapplied. Being both commonspecies whose habits render them easily observed, theyare often unjustly made to suffer for the sins of their bird-killing relatives of the genus Accipiter [sharp-shinned andCoopers hawk]. Chapman. Handbook of Birds.^^ It can be readily proved that it [the red-tailed hawkis far more beneficial than otherwise, and really deservesprotection, instead of having a bounty placed on its head, as has been the case in several states Of two hundred and twenty stomachs of the red-shoulderedhawk examined .... only three contain
. Birds in literature . Hawks are most frequently misapplied. Being both commonspecies whose habits render them easily observed, theyare often unjustly made to suffer for the sins of their bird-killing relatives of the genus Accipiter [sharp-shinned andCoopers hawk]. Chapman. Handbook of Birds.^^ It can be readily proved that it [the red-tailed hawkis far more beneficial than otherwise, and really deservesprotection, instead of having a bounty placed on its head, as has been the case in several states Of two hundred and twenty stomachs of the red-shoulderedhawk examined .... only three contained remains of poultry So long as there is a grasshopper or a meadow mouse to eat, the sparrow hawk will let featheredprey alone; but these failing, it is a past-master in droppinglike a thunder-bolt upon .... small birds found onthe ground in thickets and the borders of woods. Butit does not eat the farmers broilers: the little sharp-shinned and the Coopers hawk attend to them. Neltje Blanchan. Birds That Hunt and Are H
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