. Wild animals of Glacier National Park. The mammals, with notes on physiography and life zones . us in the park during the SHimmer, oneon the Swiftcurrent, below^ Lake McDermott,and one OAer the flats of Belly River; but onApril 19, 1918. Mr. Bailey saw one on the roadjust Avest of Dutch Creek. Another was seen in1913 by Mr. E. R. Warren on Bison Haaa^k : Bwteo swalnsoni.— C. Bryant, of California, reports havingseen a Swainson seAeral times on the openprairie about a mile doAvn the SwiftcurrentRiver from INIany Glaciers, and ]Mr. E. ^ant says the birds nest on Tea
. Wild animals of Glacier National Park. The mammals, with notes on physiography and life zones . us in the park during the SHimmer, oneon the Swiftcurrent, below^ Lake McDermott,and one OAer the flats of Belly River; but onApril 19, 1918. Mr. Bailey saw one on the roadjust Avest of Dutch Creek. Another was seen in1913 by Mr. E. R. Warren on Bison Haaa^k : Bwteo swalnsoni.— C. Bryant, of California, reports havingseen a Swainson seAeral times on the openprairie about a mile doAvn the SwiftcurrentRiver from INIany Glaciers, and ]Mr. E. ^ant says the birds nest on Teakettle Moun-tain on the southwestern edge of the of these prairie-frequenting haAvks Avasseen by us in August on the Belly RiA^er if letting the upcurrent take it, it rose higher and higher, squeal-ing something like a red-tail, till it was only a black line against awhite cloud. SQtriRREL Haa\k : Archibuteo ferrugineus.—Another prairie hawk,the large scjuirrol huAvk or ferruginous rough-leg, was seen in the. From Biological Survey. Fig. 50.—Swainson hawk. 148 ANIMALS OF GLACIKR NATIONAL PARK. horse pasture below Many Glaciers. It was a nielanistic, blackish,immature bird, with reddish breast, and the characteristic featheredlegs. Its presence on a low tree overlooking the field produced agroat barking of ground squirrels and chipping of birds, although,had the birds but known it, he was not looking for them, for he livesalmost exclusively upon small mnnnnals and reptiles, with the addi-tion of crickets. Golden Eagle: Aquild chrysaetos.—Eagles were seen in a numberof places, hunting over the sides of the mountains. From St. MaryLake one of the dark forms was seen moving along the face ofFlat-top Mountain; near Many Glaciers, on looking across the greenwater of Lake Josephine and over the dark conifers of the island, upagainst the red strata of Grinnell Mountain another large dark formwas seen; and near Piegan Pass, at Granite Park, and above Lake
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