. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . bout in thewater below, but the ducks neverseem at any time to show the leastsigns of fear, and I have never seenthe hawks pay any attention to themwhatever. Haliaeetus leucocephalus leucoce-phalus—Bald Eagle. Everything inthe animal line, with few exceptions,seems to find favor with these eaglesas part as their bill of fare. In thenorthwest fish seems to constitute thegreater part of their diet, probably thegreater part being eaten after it hasbeen cast ashore dead. Along thecoast of Alaska the Northern BaldEagle is a great pest
. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . bout in thewater below, but the ducks neverseem at any time to show the leastsigns of fear, and I have never seenthe hawks pay any attention to themwhatever. Haliaeetus leucocephalus leucoce-phalus—Bald Eagle. Everything inthe animal line, with few exceptions,seems to find favor with these eaglesas part as their bill of fare. In thenorthwest fish seems to constitute thegreater part of their diet, probably thegreater part being eaten after it hasbeen cast ashore dead. Along thecoast of Alaska the Northern BaldEagle is a great pest to the fox farm-ers, who raise different kinds of foxesfor their skins. A constant watchmust be kept, as the eagles are com-mon and likely at any moment topounce down and carry off some threehundred dollar beauty. Once in awhile an eagle will make a mistake,as was the cause with a skin in thepossession of Mr. D. E. Brown, ofSeattle, Wash. This bird had tried todine off a porcupine, the result beinga throat full of quills that verynaturally caused its Nest and eggs of Western Willett—Photo by J. W. Sugden, Salt Lake City. THE OOLOGIST 47
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