. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. Photograph by George Shiras, 3d A DUCK HAWK FINDS HIS PREY A DECOY: SANDUSKY BAY, OHIO The hunting method usually pursued by these birds is to rise in spirals until directly above the victim, and then to drop swiftly upon it. However, they are fast flyers and are capable of catching other birds in direct chase. ^^â ,^.f: ''â 9- â â â ' '# ^^m i^'-^'%.jv*l>--V-^ ^â¢^r'â â â l^:A -;^;'^ â '' 1^ â â ;?>'' ' :«â ; WSK^ij 'T^^^jsSjj^'iJ^^^^^r^ ⢠Z^ "â > J â --^.^ .5.,^ '^^^^h iSCiSWfi â Jf. ^.J^^' '-- ;«: -.
. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. Photograph by George Shiras, 3d A DUCK HAWK FINDS HIS PREY A DECOY: SANDUSKY BAY, OHIO The hunting method usually pursued by these birds is to rise in spirals until directly above the victim, and then to drop swiftly upon it. However, they are fast flyers and are capable of catching other birds in direct chase. ^^â ,^.f: ''â 9- â â â ' '# ^^m i^'-^'%.jv*l>--V-^ ^â¢^r'â â â l^:A -;^;'^ â '' 1^ â â ;?>'' ' :«â ; WSK^ij 'T^^^jsSjj^'iJ^^^^^r^ ⢠Z^ "â > J â --^.^ .5.,^ '^^^^h iSCiSWfi â Jf. ^.J^^' '-- ;«: Photograph l>y C. A. Proctor and B. B. LUNCH TIME IN A DUCK-HAWK NEST NEAR HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE The fiftcen-day-old youngsters have been expressing their appetites vocally and their complaints are at last producing results. The menu consisted entirely of birds, and. when the victim was small, only wing and tail feathers were wasted, projecting from the bill of one of the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Washington, D. C. : National Geographic Society
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