AUDUBON JOURNAL 



Creeper they were gentle — Keeping a Constant Cry 

 of Pet Pet Pet — Killed a Crow on the Drift wood it was 

 not untill then that I discovered that a Crow Killed 

 by M"" Shaw while I was at the Arkansas was a Fish 

 Crow — it rained all Night Watter raising fast — 



Friday Decemb"" 15*^ 1820 



Rainy & Cold, floated about 6 Miles — at One 

 o'clock the Steam Boat, James Ross passed us — in the 

 afternoon I had the good fortune to Kill a BeautifuU 

 Marsh Hawk Falco Eulginosus feeding on a Swamp 

 Sparrow that I saw him Catch — When I approach 

 him before I Shot he saw me first and flew a few yards 

 where he sat tearing at his prey untill death reached 

 him — the Prairie Hawk seen Yesterday is entirely dif- 

 erent, in Size, Color, & Manner of flying and [h]as it 

 is a Nondescript I Hope I may meet it again — Killed 

 4 Teals and 2 Geese — the Watter rose 20 Inches this 

 day — 



I have seen the Marsh Hawks about September 

 flying down the Ohio River, and several times about 

 that season I have seen flocks of them travelling high 

 and southwesterly — finding them Now plenty on these 

 Shores Where great deal of rich food is afforded them 

 by the Numerous quantity of Swamp Sparrows the 

 mildness of the Weather, no doubt assures them a 

 good Winter Residence — 



the One I KiUed Was a Male, in good order, Weigh- 



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