. My life among the wild birds in Spain . ious nests I knew of andfound all alike untenanted and out of repair. A single pair ofNeophrons were nesting in the big cavern which formerly heldseveral Griffons nests and the female had laid her eggs in oneof the Griffons nests of the year before. It would be difficultto produce clearer testimony of the antipathy of Golden Eaglesto Griffon Vultures. Possibly some who read this may imagine that it is a simplematter enough to find the nests of these beautiful birds. Ofcourse, with good luck many things in life are made easy, but infew pursuits that I k
. My life among the wild birds in Spain . ious nests I knew of andfound all alike untenanted and out of repair. A single pair ofNeophrons were nesting in the big cavern which formerly heldseveral Griffons nests and the female had laid her eggs in oneof the Griffons nests of the year before. It would be difficultto produce clearer testimony of the antipathy of Golden Eaglesto Griffon Vultures. Possibly some who read this may imagine that it is a simplematter enough to find the nests of these beautiful birds. Ofcourse, with good luck many things in life are made easy, but infew pursuits that I know of are there more chances of disappoint-ment than in tracking Eagles nests. When once a pair of birds are located and their nesting placesdiscovered, it appears to be absurdly simple, and so it may befor the casual visitor who wants to be shown an Eagles nest,and who can by this means get a man to take him straight tothe spot. But for the genuine bird watcher, how immense anduncertain is the task and how overwhelming at times are the. NEST AND EGGS OF GOLDEN EAGLE. Locating Eagles Nests 369 unexpected difficulties which present themselves, one after theother, as if to debar him from accomplishing his object! The mere fact of watching Eagles enter cliffs, either singlyor in pairs, is a long way from ultimate success in finding theirnests. Owing to their habit ot resorting to alternative sites, it notunfrequently happens that a pair which may be meditating nestingplay around various old nests with aggravating* uncertainty. Evenafter they have come to a decision to repair and re-line one ofthe nests of former years, they have a way of resorting to someof the other sites and flying in and out of them in a most deceptivemanner. The tyro after seeing the birds thus enter a nest is ever anxiousto go to it at once. Such haste is, as a rule, prolific of disappoint-ment. Hut even when a nest has been undoubtedly fixed andthe fact that it contains eggs has been reasonably assured, the
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