. Birds and nature . i m ^- . % ^, <. rnoM cot. CHI. *c*o. sciewcgs 4G0 SIIAUP-SIIINNKD HAWK.(Accii)itor volox.) ^. LitG-si7,(3. BldHT 1003, i» «. W. MUMFORO. CHICJOO. THE SHARP-SHINNED HAWK. {Accipter velox.) The Sharp-shinned Hawk is a hardyand courageous bird with an extendedrange, covering North America as far^outh as Panama. Unlike the largernumber of birds, it breeds throughoutits range, even as far north as the Arcticcircle. In the fall months it passes overthe middle states in large numbers. Onewriter says that he observed several hun-dred during a single days tramp, themajority fly
. Birds and nature . i m ^- . % ^, <. rnoM cot. CHI. *c*o. sciewcgs 4G0 SIIAUP-SIIINNKD HAWK.(Accii)itor volox.) ^. LitG-si7,(3. BldHT 1003, i» «. W. MUMFORO. CHICJOO. THE SHARP-SHINNED HAWK. {Accipter velox.) The Sharp-shinned Hawk is a hardyand courageous bird with an extendedrange, covering North America as far^outh as Panama. Unlike the largernumber of birds, it breeds throughoutits range, even as far north as the Arcticcircle. In the fall months it passes overthe middle states in large numbers. Onewriter says that he observed several hun-dred during a single days tramp, themajority flying very high in the the spring, usually in Ad^arch andApril, the same scene is repeated duringtheir northward flight. Much of the bad repute in which thehawks are held is due to the depredationsof the Sharp-shinned and its sister spe-cies the Coopers and goshhawks. Allthese feed, to a grreat extent, upon thesmaller birds, grouse and poultry. Thesmaller mammals, such as the trouble-some field rodents, iorm a much smallerproport
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