StNicholas [serial] . yes, is even already here ! THE HOOT-OWL IN THE SWAMP. Whoo-whoo ! whoo, whoo-whoo, oo-whoo-ah ! What s that ? Listen, and hear it and I are on this country road, just a littleafter the sun has set, and it is growing strange sound comes from the depths of that big swamp. We will not be frightened,for it is only the hooting-owi, called also the barred owl, from the rows of feathers like barson its breast. The owl is the first wild bird to lay its eggs, thegreathorned owl beginning the latter part of Feb-ruary, the barred owl about the middle of Marchin
StNicholas [serial] . yes, is even already here ! THE HOOT-OWL IN THE SWAMP. Whoo-whoo ! whoo, whoo-whoo, oo-whoo-ah ! What s that ? Listen, and hear it and I are on this country road, just a littleafter the sun has set, and it is growing strange sound comes from the depths of that big swamp. We will not be frightened,for it is only the hooting-owi, called also the barred owl, from the rows of feathers like barson its breast. The owl is the first wild bird to lay its eggs, thegreathorned owl beginning the latter part of Feb-ruary, the barred owl about the middle of Marchin the New England and Middle States, select-ing, as pictured, an old hawks nest, sometimesa crows nest, and frequently laying the two tofour white eggs in a hollow tree. Our barredowl is rightly called the hoot-owl, for, whileother owls hoot or screech, this is the noisiestof the whole family. It feeds mostly on mice,upon which it drops, seizing them in its claws,very silently, because its very soft feathers pre- I df. THE BARRED OWL AND ITS FIRST EGG, LAID IN AN OLDHAWKS NEST ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF MARCH. vent the wings making any noise. The owlhas been called a cat in feathers. Mr. John H. Sage tells the following story : I had a funny experience with a barred owlonce, in Maine. It was in the daytime, and thebird was perched among some thick trees, ap-parently asleep. I squeaked (that is, imi-tated a bird that was hurt) several times fromthe bushes where I was concealed. His owl-ship was soon awake, and turned his head fromside to side, endeavoring to find out where thenoise came from. He jumped up from the limbon which he stood, perhaps three inches, turnedaround in the air, and landed on the same 1900.] NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS limb, but facing in the opposite direction. Thisoperation was repeated several times, facing inalternate directions. Disgusted in its endeavorto locate the wounded bird, it finally closed its 457 eyes and went to sleep again. The owl seemedfairl
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