. 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 Goshawks Nesting.— Nest: High in trees, usually coniferous; of sticks, twigs and grass, lined with bark-strips and grass. Eggs: 2 to 5; white or bluish white, sometimes faintly marked with pale brown. Ay. size x ( x ). Season: April 10—Ma)' 20; one brood. Range of .4. g. striatulus.—Pacific Coast region of America, breeding from Cook Inlet, Alaska, south to southern Sierras; wintering south to California and east to Colorado.
. 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 Goshawks Nesting.— Nest: High in trees, usually coniferous; of sticks, twigs and grass, lined with bark-strips and grass. Eggs: 2 to 5; white or bluish white, sometimes faintly marked with pale brown. Ay. size x ( x ). Season: April 10—Ma)' 20; one brood. Range of .4. g. striatulus.—Pacific Coast region of America, breeding from Cook Inlet, Alaska, south to southern Sierras; wintering south to California and east to Colorado. Distribution in California.—Rare summer resident in the Boreal zone from Mt. Shasta and the Warners south along the Sierra Nevada to about Latitude 360 30'. Somewhat more common in winter and at lower levels, especially northerly. Recorded south to San Diego (Lower Otay Reservoir, Stephens). Authorities.—Newberry (Astur atricapillus), Rep. Pac. R. R. Surv., vol. vi., 1857, p. 74 (San Francisco); Ray, Auk, vol. xx., 1903, p. 138 (Pyramid Peak, June and July); Grinnell, Pac. Coast Avifauna, no. 11, 1915, p. 64 (occurrence in Calif.).. Taken in Fresno County THE GORGE OF DESPAIR THE GOSHAWK COURTS THE WILDEST SETTING Photo by the A uthor A MILD experience of the feelings of a chicken befell my partner while we were camped near a trail in the northern Cascades. It was late in June and the ornithologist was not aware that a certain stretch of woods which the trail cleft belonged to a highly virtuous pair of Goshawks, until i66q. 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; Dickey, Donald R. (Donald Ryder), 1887-1932; Pierce, Wright M; Finley, William L. (William Lovell), 1876-1953; Brooks, Allan, 1869-1946. San Diego ; Los Angeles ; San Francisco : South Moulton Compa
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