. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. fh M >: ' 't- k Li fHh A. IMiiitu bj Gcoigc bhiras, 3rd ANOTHER VITtW OF THK YOUNG BUT,I, -MOOSE Wild WAS FORCllJLY EDUCATED (SEE PAGES 449 AND 450) accuracy, the daring mother escaped -with the liawk in fierce pursuit. Here, ai^'ain, the slow speed enticed the hawk some 50 yards away, when the hen dropped Hke a plummet into a bunch of alders, while the hawk seated himself on a near-by limb to plan anew his breakfast. "I')Ut the defeated aviator knew very well that two from eight left a substan- tial lialance, however d
. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. fh M >: ' 't- k Li fHh A. IMiiitu bj Gcoigc bhiras, 3rd ANOTHER VITtW OF THK YOUNG BUT,I, -MOOSE Wild WAS FORCllJLY EDUCATED (SEE PAGES 449 AND 450) accuracy, the daring mother escaped -with the liawk in fierce pursuit. Here, ai^'ain, the slow speed enticed the hawk some 50 yards away, when the hen dropped Hke a plummet into a bunch of alders, while the hawk seated himself on a near-by limb to plan anew his breakfast. "I')Ut the defeated aviator knew very well that two from eight left a substan- tial lialance, however deficient the math- ematical process, and once more he re- turned for a survey of the tant^led moss. This time he was met by a shout and a waiving hat from the spruce Ijlind, and, much disgruntled, soared away, douljt- less wondering at the intervention of a third party, a wonderment that would have been still greater had it known the deadly relation between man and everv bird and every animal ])0ssessing' tooth- some qualities, or whose plumes, ])elage, or antlers had a monetarv or trophy ; In such efforts to sa\e the young it was clear that the parent birds possessed the same bravery and the same cunning methods in misleading an aerial enemy that they did a terrestrial one. Jn the Kenai Peninsula the timber line is about 2,000 feet, and onh- twice were willow ptarmigan noticed below it, where they were feeding in an open glade upon the earlier growth of swamp huckle- berries. The usual abodes of this bird are the tablelands along upland streams terminating in ravines, where the willows and small bushes succeed the limit of arboreal growth. The rock ptarmigan either stays at the vtvy crest of the mountains or on the sloping sides, where the lichens and patches of grass denote the limit of all vegetation. On the other hand the spruce partridge remains well within the forested area and is usually to be found in river bottoms or in the second-growth, burnt-over portions
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