. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. EAGLES. HAWKS, AND KITES 65 uft''' '"'' coverts, ti'hitc. Young: Similar to adult female but darker everywhere and with l)ut four dark l)ands on tail. Nest and Eggs.— Nkst: On the ground in a tangle of weeds or grassy hummocks; neatly constructed, for a Hawk, of fine dried marsh grass; rather Indky. a foot or more in diameter. Kggs : 2 to 9, but usually from 4 to 6, dull white, faintly tinged with a greenish or bluish shade; no characteristic spots but often blotched with a very pale brown and other neutral-colored tints. Distribution.— North A
. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. EAGLES. HAWKS, AND KITES 65 uft''' '"'' coverts, ti'hitc. Young: Similar to adult female but darker everywhere and with l)ut four dark l)ands on tail. Nest and Eggs.— Nkst: On the ground in a tangle of weeds or grassy hummocks; neatly constructed, for a Hawk, of fine dried marsh grass; rather Indky. a foot or more in diameter. Kggs : 2 to 9, but usually from 4 to 6, dull white, faintly tinged with a greenish or bluish shade; no characteristic spots but often blotched with a very pale brown and other neutral-colored tints. Distribution.— North America ; breeds from north- eastern Siberia, northwestern Alaska, northwestern Mackenzie, central Kcewatin, northern Quebec, and Prince Edward Island south to the southern border of the United States; winters from southern British Columbia, Colorado, Iowa, the Ohio Valley, and New Vork (occasionally Massachusetts) south to the Bahamas, Cuba, and Colombia. The Marsh Hawk is a bird of very wide dis- tribution in tlie United States, being found in nearly all open localities. Slowly and steadily with a gliding flight the Harrier quarters back and forth across the tields with the care and precision of a well-trained pointer dog. Not a square yard is overlooked. Suddenly the forward flis^dit is checked with almost a back somersault and as part in rearing the young and are very courageous in defending the home from intruders, especially after the eggs are hatched. In the spring, Marsh Hawks are seen always in pairs; but after the young are able to fly they generally hunt in family parties, and later in the season twenty to fifty will flock Photograph by H. K. Job (ourtesy of Outing Fubhshing Co. NEST AND YOUNG OF MARSH HAWK abruptly as though he had run into a wall; a short interval of hovering, then a descent that as often misses as captures the quarry below. When caught the prey is devoured on the spot. The courting manetivers of the male above the femal
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