. American birds, studied and photographed from life . of season. She cradledher eggs about the last week of March, before the treeshad leaved out, so that during the time of incubationshe had a clear view of the surrounding country. Whenthe hawklets were hatched and she had to go back andforth carrying them food, and when the young began tomove about in the nest and peek over the edge, they werewell protected from a view below as well as from the sunand rain above by the thick surrounding foliage. The red-tail is often called chicken-hawk, but hedoes not deserve the name. Many of the hawks ca
. American birds, studied and photographed from life . of season. She cradledher eggs about the last week of March, before the treeshad leaved out, so that during the time of incubationshe had a clear view of the surrounding country. Whenthe hawklets were hatched and she had to go back andforth carrying them food, and when the young began tomove about in the nest and peek over the edge, they werewell protected from a view below as well as from the sunand rain above by the thick surrounding foliage. The red-tail is often called chicken-hawk, but hedoes not deserve the name. Many of the hawks carryreputations that they do not deserve. Often people wholive in the country are enemies of the hawks and owlsand shoot them at every opportunity, because they thinkthe hawk Is the persistent foe of poultry, whereas thisis a very small part of his diet. In regions and in seasonswhen animal and insect food is scarce this hawk may catchchickens and game birds, but it lives mostly on mice andshrews as well as frogs, snakes, lizards, and Insects of vari-. Nest and eggs of the Red-tail, April 15th.
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