. American birds, studied and photographed from life . - I The Eagle of Mission Ridge 237 move might land camera and all in the bed of the for six different trips, extending ov^er a period of twomonths and a half, we took pictures from this positionand from the limbs near it. Did the old eagle show fight? is the first questionput by the usual listener. I always see a trace of disap-pointment sweep over his face when he hears the moment you speak of climbing to an eagles aerie theaverage man gets an idea of the photographer hanging tothe edge of a chff or the top of a tree,
. American birds, studied and photographed from life . - I The Eagle of Mission Ridge 237 move might land camera and all in the bed of the for six different trips, extending ov^er a period of twomonths and a half, we took pictures from this positionand from the limbs near it. Did the old eagle show fight? is the first questionput by the usual listener. I always see a trace of disap-pointment sweep over his face when he hears the moment you speak of climbing to an eagles aerie theaverage man gets an idea of the photographer hanging tothe edge of a chff or the top of a tree, with the old eaglesclawing out pound chunks at every swoop. Few eaglespossess the mad ferocity pictured and magnified by sen-sational story tellers. When we first scrambled overthe bowlders of the caiion up toward the nest, I sawthe old eagle slip quietly from her eggs and skim outover the mountain top. When I strapped on the climb-ers to ascend the tree, I had one eye open for each time we visited the spot the parents silently dis-appea
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