. Life histories of North American birds with special reference to their breeding habits and eggs [microform]. Birds; Birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. TUE GOLDEN EAGLE. 2G7 Their nest was not inucli over 300 yards from the house and was a lar;;!' structure huilt on a horizontal liinl> al)out 40 feet from the <^; Mr. \V. Steiuheclt, of iloilister, ('ahfornia, wrot(^ me in April, 18H.'), as follows: "All the (Jolden Ka<;lcs' nests 1 found ahout hen^ have always i)een plaeed in trees, and there were plenty of elilfs within K* miles of these nests. 1 liav(* taken eif^ht st^ts of e
. Life histories of North American birds with special reference to their breeding habits and eggs [microform]. Birds; Birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. TUE GOLDEN EAGLE. 2G7 Their nest was not inucli over 300 yards from the house and was a lar;;!' structure huilt on a horizontal liinl> al)out 40 feet from the <^; Mr. \V. Steiuheclt, of iloilister, ('ahfornia, wrot(^ me in April, 18H.'), as follows: "All the (Jolden Ka<;lcs' nests 1 found ahout hen^ have always i)een plaeed in trees, and there were plenty of elilfs within K* miles of these nests. 1 liav(* taken eif^ht st^ts of ej;n's, found two nests with yoinif;, and also cxam- iucd nine old nests, which I am certain l)('lon<.(e(i to this species. With one exception 1 found all these on hillsides, and one of them within 2U0 \iirds of a lur<^e cliti'; there were, howevi-r, a nund)er of nests .some distance l)ack in the mountains amon- the tup of the e<^}^ on a lev(d with tlu* sides. Sonm were lined with {.^rass and straw, others with the hair-like to\)s of the Spanish soaj) root, one was finished otf with Spanish moss, and in another I found (juite a nundjer of feathers, evidently from the breast of the |(arent. "Those Ka<^l(fs nest where they can most easily procure food. Each pair has its ranife, and will ilrive any outsider away from it. These ran<;es are usu- ally from 2 to (J miles wide, and the birds become .so attached to them that it seems impossible to drive them away. In one ease, where I took three sots of t'uus in successive years and killed the female, th(^ mah^ procured another mate and <K!cui)ie(l the same nest a;4'ain next season. In no case was I mohisted by one of these birds when takiuji' their e<,^;;'.s. Sonu^times I sat for hours in the nest waitiu}'' foi- one of the birds to come within ;.;'unshot, l)ut with only one or two exceptions the birds left tlit^ vicinity, and I did not even obtain a second s\ir\\t of them. Cireiierally on approachinj; a
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