. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. AD^'E^'TURES WITH BIRDS OF PREY 133. A BIRD IN THE HAND IS WORTH TWO IN THE AIR, THINKS THE FALCON After an unsuccessful chase, the female pigeon hawk fiies back to John Craighead's glove to be consoled with a dead starling. This pugnacious bird of pre_\' was captured by the authors in Minne- sota, near the Canadian border. They named her "; jority of the nests were constructed in the topmost branches of swaying evergreen trees, where it was imj^racticable to put up a camera. The nest we finally decided to pho
. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. AD^'E^'TURES WITH BIRDS OF PREY 133. A BIRD IN THE HAND IS WORTH TWO IN THE AIR, THINKS THE FALCON After an unsuccessful chase, the female pigeon hawk fiies back to John Craighead's glove to be consoled with a dead starling. This pugnacious bird of pre_\' was captured by the authors in Minne- sota, near the Canadian border. They named her "; jority of the nests were constructed in the topmost branches of swaying evergreen trees, where it was imj^racticable to put up a camera. The nest we finally decided to photograph was on an island in a Minne- sota lake, just this side of the Canadian border (page 131). The pigeon hawks were very aggressive and dived and screamed at us as we put up our cameras on a near-by tree. The male pigeon hawli, although hardly bigger than a sparrow hawl^, hit the opened metal film slide of our camera with his talons, bend- ing it at right angles. The female struck us so often on the head as she flew past us that we ducked unconsciously every few minutes while changing the films in the cameras. One of our friends was struck on the leg so hard that the hawk drew blood in spite of heavy trousers. Being very pugnacious, the pigeon hawk returned readily to the nest, even when three cameras were placed six feet awav. The male did the hunting while the fe- male perched near by, ready to protect her young. The female usually fed the young, so the male had to transfer his prev to her. We saw this done in several ways. On one occasion the male returned with a small bird, transferred it from his feet to his beak, and peiched on a spruce limb. The female then flew past and took the bird out of his beak with her feet while flying, FOOD TRANSFERRED IN THE AIR At other times both birds would be in the air when the transfer was made, \\'hen the male returned with food we heard him call to his mate while he was still invisible to us across the lake. The female, on hearing t
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