. The Canadian field-naturalist. 1966 Notes 61. Figure 1. Young black swift in nest near Vernon, , September 7, 1964. head, but the presence of intruders only 12 feet away apparently alarmed the parent, as it remained motionless for almost a minute before feeding com- menced. Food was pumped into the young bird at intervals during the next 8 minutes and at 6:51 the parent swoop- ed downstream from the nest, then tow- ered up through an opening in the forest. The nest was visited briefly at 4 on September 10. The nestling was rest- less, constantly peering out from beneath the overhang
. The Canadian field-naturalist. 1966 Notes 61. Figure 1. Young black swift in nest near Vernon, , September 7, 1964. head, but the presence of intruders only 12 feet away apparently alarmed the parent, as it remained motionless for almost a minute before feeding com- menced. Food was pumped into the young bird at intervals during the next 8 minutes and at 6:51 the parent swoop- ed downstream from the nest, then tow- ered up through an opening in the forest. The nest was visited briefly at 4 on September 10. The nestling was rest- less, constantly peering out from beneath the overhanging moss to watch the sky, preening diligently, and changing posi- tions in the nest. Finally it backed out over the side, and clinging in a vertical position with the head thrown back, went through a series of prolonged and vigorous wing-flapping exercises. On September 12 the nest was empty. James Grant 2, Vernon, 30 March 1965 Short-eared Owl in Southern Baffin Island On July 2, 1965,1 found a recently dead Short-eared Owl (Asio jlaimneus) near the townsite of Apex Hill, about three miles east of the airport, Frobisher Bay, Much of the head and breast had been eaten, and probably the owl was killed by another predator. A few of the Eskimos whom I questioned had seen the species in the Frobisher Bay region. They agreed that the bird was rare, but two well-travelled men believed that it sometimes nested on the south side of Frobisher Bay. Curiously, they had no name for the species, simply de- scribing it as a small, brown okpik (Snowy Owl). Kumlien (1879, National Museum Bulletin 15, p. 81) referred almost casu- ally to Short-eared Owls (as Brachyotus palustris) nesting in southern Baffin. 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 Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. Ottawa, Ottawa F
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