. Bird lore . e, when she was gone for about thirty minutes. Themale bird of this pair, which could be distinguished by his smaller size, moreprominent barring of the tail, and browner face markings, was not seen at this The Duck Hawks of Taughannock Gorge 5 time; nor was he ever so conspicuous in his solicitude for the nest or youngas was the female. The next visit was made by Mr. Knight on May 11, when it was dis-covered that the eggs had hatched and the young were apparently aboutthree days old. During the four hours that the nest was observed, thefemale brooded, except for two short interv
. Bird lore . e, when she was gone for about thirty minutes. Themale bird of this pair, which could be distinguished by his smaller size, moreprominent barring of the tail, and browner face markings, was not seen at this The Duck Hawks of Taughannock Gorge 5 time; nor was he ever so conspicuous in his solicitude for the nest or youngas was the female. The next visit was made by Mr. Knight on May 11, when it was dis-covered that the eggs had hatched and the young were apparently aboutthree days old. During the four hours that the nest was observed, thefemale brooded, except for two short intervals, when she left for the purposeof securing food. Each time a Rough-winged Swallow was brought in fromthe colony that had established itself in the gorge below. The young were stillweak, and were fed with great care; quite differently from the rnad orgies thattook place later on, as they grew older. Between ten and fifteen minutes elapsedbefore either Swallow was consumed. Small bits were torn from it by the. YOUNG DUCK HAWKS FEEDING. THE FEMALE PARENT AT THE RIGHT parent, and the young permitted to pick them off from the side of her May 19 the young were still in the down, though much larger. At this time,during the four hours of observation, two more Swallows were brought in;the Hawks seeming to fancy these birds, and pursuing them with evidentsatisfaction. The Swallows, on the other hand, showed no great alarm whenpursued, and frequently eluded the pursuer. The Falcons never struck fromabove, but waited until opposite the victim, when, with a quick semi-inversionof the body, they fiercely struck the Swallow from the side. At one timethe Hawk was observed to strike from nearly below the victim, so that analmost complete inversion was necessary. A Meadowlark and a Goldfinchwere likewise brought in at this time, and in the gorge below were manyfeathers of Bluebirds and Flickers. The young were evidently consumingmore food than when first hatched. There were but three
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