. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. THE EAGLE, KING OF BIRDS, AND HIS KIN 61. "let me whisper in your Ear" © William E. Finluy These old condors showed great affection for each other and for their chick. Condors do not nest every year, and raise only one chick when they do. 1)irds was in the Argentine Chaco near the Pilcomayo River, at that time a wild region where ranchers were just beginning to invade the territory of the primitive Toba Indians. On my first evening in this remote sec- tion, I was engaged at twilight in setting traps for little animals
. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. THE EAGLE, KING OF BIRDS, AND HIS KIN 61. "let me whisper in your Ear" © William E. Finluy These old condors showed great affection for each other and for their chick. Condors do not nest every year, and raise only one chick when they do. 1)irds was in the Argentine Chaco near the Pilcomayo River, at that time a wild region where ranchers were just beginning to invade the territory of the primitive Toba Indians. On my first evening in this remote sec- tion, I was engaged at twilight in setting traps for little animals at the edge of a forest. I remained on the alert for any possible dangers in a country that was new to me, as many tales had been told regarding the Inchans. Suddenly, through the trees a hundred yards away, came a loud shouting sound, repeated steadily, then varied at short in- tervals with a series of other calls, all uttered in curiously human tones. After a minute or two, another voice joined the first,and the two called rapidly in a strange medley that left me completely puzzled as to whether the authors were bird, beast, or human, as I crouched among the bushes, gun in hand, with my skin tingling pleas- antly at the thrill of the unknown in a strange and possibly dangerous land. It was a day or two later that I traced these weird, unearthly duets to the large, white-headed, bushy-crested laughing fal- cons that were found everywhere through the forests. The flight and appearance of hawks and other birds, and certain of their anatomical features, were used by the augurs of ancient Rome in their prophecies of the future. INDIANS USE EAGLE EEATIIERS AS ADORNMENT A more practical use of these birds was found among the North American Indians, particularly of the Plains and Pueblo groups, when beautiful headdresses were made from the large feathers of the golden eagle, and other ornaments and decora- tions were fashioned from the smaller feathers of this bird and from the fea
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