. Wild animals of Glacier National Park. The mammals. Glacier National Park (Agency : U. S. ); Mammals; Birds. 146 WILD ANTMALR OF OLACTKP. XATIONAI, From Biological Survey. Fn:. 47.—Sbarp-shinni'd Family BUTEONID^: Hawks, Eagles, etc. Marsh Hawk; t'irciis hii(hnlus.—The mouse hawk, as it is known locally', is easily recognized by its wliite rump jDatch as it Ijeats low over meadows, marshes, and beaver ponds, hunting for small manunals. While restricted to the lower levels, it is reported from Sherburne Lake, Lake St. Mary, and the North Fork of the Flathead. Several were see
. Wild animals of Glacier National Park. The mammals. Glacier National Park (Agency : U. S. ); Mammals; Birds. 146 WILD ANTMALR OF OLACTKP. XATIONAI, From Biological Survey. Fn:. 47.—Sbarp-shinni'd Family BUTEONID^: Hawks, Eagles, etc. Marsh Hawk; t'irciis hii(hnlus.—The mouse hawk, as it is known locally', is easily recognized by its wliite rump jDatch as it Ijeats low over meadows, marshes, and beaver ponds, hunting for small manunals. While restricted to the lower levels, it is reported from Sherburne Lake, Lake St. Mary, and the North Fork of the Flathead. Several were seen by us in the Belly "River country, at Waterton Lake, the Reynolds Lakes, and along, the Koote- nai Trail. The marsh hawk nests on the ground, and when opportunity offers it is a peculiarly in- teresting bird to study and photograph. Sharp-shinned Hawk : Acciplter — The long-tailed little sharp-shinned hawk darts about, picking up birds or small mammals with dextrous ease, but occasionally he finds his match. One morning in August, as the sun was shining over the garden wall at our Granite Park camp and the small birds were flying around among the tall firs, Mr. Bailey saw a band of Clark crows and Oregon jays come into the white-barked jiines. " Suddenh'," he said, " the ground squirrels began to chirp in a low tone quite different from their usual alarm note, and a sharp- shinned hawk dashed across from one tree to another in pursuit of an Oregon jaj' of his own ; Such temerity was not to go unpunished, and the jay, with loud squawks, promptly chased him back to another tree, a Clark crow joining in " witli liarsli cries and widely flajDping ; A few hours later, as we were crossing Swiftcurrent Pass, we saw a sharp-shin skim low over the ground and make a quick dive at a ledge of rock, when a ground squirrel with a sharp sqiieak dodged back out of his reach. After the hawk had dis- appeared, the half-grown ground squ
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