. Bird lore . y other Hawks in North America. The larger pernicious Falconsare generally far less common than the Accipiters, and the Buzzard Hawksand Marsh Hawks are generally more useful than injurious to man. The Sharp-shinned Hawk is larger than either the Sparrow Hawk or thePigeon-Hawk, and is rather longer and slimmer. Specimens average a little■over a foot in length. The largest specimens are about two inches smaller thanthe smallest specimens of the Coopers Hawk. The plumage at full maturityis usually slaty or bluish gray above; the under parts are whitish, barred andmarked with reddis
. Bird lore . y other Hawks in North America. The larger pernicious Falconsare generally far less common than the Accipiters, and the Buzzard Hawksand Marsh Hawks are generally more useful than injurious to man. The Sharp-shinned Hawk is larger than either the Sparrow Hawk or thePigeon-Hawk, and is rather longer and slimmer. Specimens average a little■over a foot in length. The largest specimens are about two inches smaller thanthe smallest specimens of the Coopers Hawk. The plumage at full maturityis usually slaty or bluish gray above; the under parts are whitish, barred andmarked with reddish. Immature birds are brown above and streaked with darkbrown or reddish brown below. The tail is square-tipped and somewhat heavilybarred. The distribution of this Hawk is nearly co-extensive with theRange continent of North America. It breeds tliroughout most of the United States and Canada, and winters from the latitude of Massa-chusetts to Central America. In September, numbers of these Hawks may be (94). SHARP-SHINNED HAWK(Right Hand Figure, Immature Female; Left Hand Figure, Adult Male)Order—Raptores Family—Falconid/E Genus—Acci PITER Species—Velox The Sharp-Shinned Hawk 95 seen high in air, migrating southward in a leisurely manner, and so they follow the southern flight of the smaller birds on which they prey. From April until early June, according to the latitude, the Nest, Eggs wooing of the Hawks begins. Perched in an exposed position,and Young °, . ,.,.,, n • i ^ <■ the male issues his shrillest call notes, moving about from place to place until a female responds. The ardent courtship is soon over and then the happy pair fly away in company to select a suitable nesting-site. Nest-building occupies about one week. The nest is usually placed rather high in an evergreen tree, in some sequestered locality. More rarely, it is located in a deciduous tree, in a hollow tree, or on some lofty ledge or cliff. Sometimes an old Crows nest or a squirrels nest i
Size: 1319px × 1894px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, booksubjectbirds, booksubjectorn
