. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. I'hotu by Howard H. Cleaves killdp;e;r: the spot selected for the xest was ix the center of a potato FIEED The photographer may be dimly seen under the tree in the background, where he was pulling the thread shoulder and remained perched about on dead trees, looking on at the assault. The whole thing was strikingly like an arena battle, with the crows cawing and croaking approval and encouragement from their points of vantage while the furious and screaming red - shoulder dashed in at the non-resisting owl in the pit below. Fir
. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. I'hotu by Howard H. Cleaves killdp;e;r: the spot selected for the xest was ix the center of a potato FIEED The photographer may be dimly seen under the tree in the background, where he was pulling the thread shoulder and remained perched about on dead trees, looking on at the assault. The whole thing was strikingly like an arena battle, with the crows cawing and croaking approval and encouragement from their points of vantage while the furious and screaming red - shoulder dashed in at the non-resisting owl in the pit below. First the dummy got a whaclv on the back of the head and then in the face, and at each blow the air was full of feathers (see pages 8 and 9). The hawk selected two perches—one to the east and the other to the west of the owl—and back and forth between these he flew, striking viciously at the enemy each time as he passed, occasion- ally wheeling and delivering a double- barreled bl(~>w before going on to his lookotit. The owl was now knocked into an almost horizontal position by a strike from the rear, and now bent into a nor- mal, upright attitude by an attack from the front; and there he would sit, solemn and erect, ready for the next rush. Wdienever the hawk lagged the least 17. 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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