BIRDS OBSERVED IN LITCHFIELD COUNTY 



wounded, in New Milford, August, 1902, and about a week 

 later I drove to the place and secured it. On the way home 

 I saw another flying about, perhaps the mate. Mr. Hanson 

 saw one in Torrington on August 21 of that same year, 

 which was staying about some fish refuse. 



64. Marsh Hawk. Circus hudsonius. A moderately common 



summer resident. 



65. Sharp-shinned Hawk. Accipiter velox. A moderately com- 



mon summer resident. 



66. Cooper's Hawk. Accipiter cooperi. Common summer resi- 



dent, occasional in winter. This is the species which 

 does the greater part of the damage to poultry, for 

 which other harmless or useful hawks are apt to get the 

 blame. 



67. Goshawk. Accipiter atricapillus. A winter visitor from the 



North, usually rare. In some winters, however, as in 

 1906-7, they appear in considerable numbers. Mr. Wil- 

 liams found a nest in Winchester, about fifteen years ago. 

 It was in a chestnut tree, sixty feet up, and contained two 

 eggs. He shot the female for identification, and has the 

 eggs and full data. This is a unique record. 



68. Red-tailed Hawk. Buteo borealis. Common summer resi- 



dent in most parts of the County, and frequent throughout 

 the year. 



69. Red-shouldered Hawk. Buteo lineatus. Though a common 



summer resident south of the County along the Sound, it 

 has been found to nest but seldom in these hill-towns, 

 where it is, however, a common migrant. 



70. Broad-winged Hawk. Buteo platj'pterus. Common sum- 



mer resident, abundant in spring and fall migrations, in 

 which it sometimes appears in large, loose flocks. 



71. Bald Eagle. Haliaetus leucocephalus. Occasionally seen 



from spring to fall, but is seldom knowTi to breed, though 

 it occasionally does so. Late in April, about a dozen 

 years ago, Mr. Williams found, in Winsted, a nest on 

 a rocky ledge which contained two good-sized young. 

 Some years previously he had found another nest in an 



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