. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. ADVENTURES WITH BIRDS OF PREY IIS. "what's going on down there?" wonders the mother broad-winged hawk Her sharp e>'es have noticed a movement in the blind at the foot of the tree. From there the camera, fastened to a limb near the nest, was operated by a string. The Craigheads did not capture the two fluffy nestlings, photographed near Washington, D. C, because they had learned from experience that broad-winged hawks are not fast and fierce enough to train as hunters. from the air. Before long, all of her tail feat
. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. ADVENTURES WITH BIRDS OF PREY IIS. "what's going on down there?" wonders the mother broad-winged hawk Her sharp e>'es have noticed a movement in the blind at the foot of the tree. From there the camera, fastened to a limb near the nest, was operated by a string. The Craigheads did not capture the two fluffy nestlings, photographed near Washington, D. C, because they had learned from experience that broad-winged hawks are not fast and fierce enough to train as hunters. from the air. Before long, all of her tail feathers were broken so badly that it was hard for her to fly and almost impossible to make quick stops or turns. GIVING comet new tails The only thing to do was to give the bird a new tail. As we had no Cooper's hawk tail feathers, we "imped in" those of a male marsh hawk by inserting small needles in the old stubs, fitting them into the new quills, and putting glue on the junction. This improvised tail worked well until it went the way of the original one. A crow's tail was used next and then the soft, flexible tail of a barred owl, which proved most satisfactory because it would bend without breaking, but it made poor Comet look like no bird the world has ever seen. Since that first year, we have procured and trained for falconry some ten species of hawks. Some, because they were slow and sluggish in flight or had very little intelligence, we found to be of no use. Others were swift and courageous, intelli- gent and keen. On the honor roll we would put the duck hawk, prairie falcon. Cooper's hawk, gos- hawk, pigeon hawk, sharp-shinned hawk, and even the little sparrow hawk. At the foot of the class are the red- shouldered, broad-winged, and red-tailed hawks. These are soaring hawks, compara-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may n
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