. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . Nest and Eggs of Dick Sisse! in situ. (Nearer view). Armour,S. Dakota, —Photo by Alex Walker. THE OOLOGIST 138. Female Diok Sissel feeding young with grasshopper. Armour,S. Dakota. —Photo by Alex Walker, 139 THE OOLOGIST The Ospreys Eggs Last season while examining anest of the Osprey 35 feet up in theextreme top of a sour gum tree witha dead top; it is rather hard to getover the nest as it is four feet highand three feet in diameter and isnecessary to place your feet againstthe trunk, hold on to the trunk withone hand and reach o
. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . Nest and Eggs of Dick Sisse! in situ. (Nearer view). Armour,S. Dakota, —Photo by Alex Walker. THE OOLOGIST 138. Female Diok Sissel feeding young with grasshopper. Armour,S. Dakota. —Photo by Alex Walker, 139 THE OOLOGIST The Ospreys Eggs Last season while examining anest of the Osprey 35 feet up in theextreme top of a sour gum tree witha dead top; it is rather hard to getover the nest as it is four feet highand three feet in diameter and isnecessary to place your feet againstthe trunk, hold on to the trunk withone hand and reach over the top, asthere were no limbs and the top isonly three inches in diameter. As Ilooked over the edge of the nest therewas Mrs. Osprey standing up on thenest with out stretched wings readyfor flight. Fortunately for me she was•standing with her head away fromme so I pulled a stick out of the nestand hit her on the hack and she flewaway but returned again, so I gaveher a crack on the head. She flewaway and came back again and gotanother crack, repeated the same per-formance five times before I got in aposition to reach over the top. ThenI made a quick get away as
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