Xest of the Western Horned Owl. 



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A NEST OF THE WESTERN HORNED OWL (Bubo 

 virginianus subarcticus.) 



]?Y KinvARD K. \\'arkp:x. 



In the early part of May, 1901, while in Paonia, Delta coun- 

 ty, Colorado, I heard of a nest of the Western Horned Owl. 

 On the Sth we drove out there to investigate, and found the 

 nest site in a cliff or bluff of adobe clay facing the west. The 

 nest was 18 or 20 feet above the base of the bluff and as far 

 or farther below its toj). As we approached the place the 

 old bird Hew awav. 



NESTIPsG SITE OF WESTERN IIORXED OWL NEST IN THE CLEFT 



ABOVE THE MAN's HEAD. 



