AUDUBON JOURNAL 



gizard Was filled entirely with some Small brown Shelly 

 Insects and the remains of the same Kind that are 

 extremely plenty in the Cypresses of these Swamps — 



Shot a Watter Trush, have found Many here. 



Went to the Lake that We Visited Last Sunday 

 and in Going there, I Was much pleased to observe 

 that the sound that We heard on Sunday and had 

 taken for the Plaintive Note of the Wood Peewee was 

 in fact that of a Young Mississipi Kite, While waitting 

 for the return of the Parents with food — this Young it 

 seems had Actually remained [it appears] on the 

 same tree Where we had heard it before but could not 

 then discover it — this Morning perceiving that a long 

 Vine reach<i near to the Top of the Tree and hearing 

 the Noise without Knowing it nor where it actually 

 issued from, I Walked toward it still looking up to the 

 Topmost branches When I perceived something Like 

 a dead stick Lodged Cross ways in a limb — I Eyed it 

 particularly and saw it Moved, I Shot at it and the 

 Noise stop^ but the Young M. Kite Closed her wings 

 and destroyed the Dead Stik like appearance it had 

 before my fire — I Waited for it to fall, it cried again 

 shortly and I then saw the Old Bird bringing food and 

 aUght Close to the young with one of those Large 

 Grass hopers that abound in the Mississipy flats — but 

 the young was too far gone to relish food the Mother 

 exibited much distress and after several trials to Make 

 the young Bird take it it dropt it and taking old of 



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