2 THE TURKEY VULTURE 
rocks on hands and knees while peering in thru the semi-darkness. The sardonic 
eye of a rattlesnake, coldly glittering at two feet, was all I saw. In the next 
fifth of that same second I seemed to hear a voice from the foot of the cliff 
calling, “Willeee, Mamma wants you!” Thoughtlessly I forsook the quest. 
In western Washington the Vultures appear to nest chiefly upon the 
ground. No 
nest 1s made, 
but the pro 
tection of a 
bush - clump 
or log 1s 
sought. Two 
eggs are laid, 
dull white, or 
light cream- 
colored as to 
ground, with 
much hand 
some blotch 
ing of choco 
late, the first 
laid usually 
having the 
li ms share 
f the pig 
ent and the 
od second some 
times TT 
l | | t v ( clad white down, W | nich the 1 he idly eves a | 
et black Inf ( tras S | ol] [he ire emure little fellows ind 
pp est ( bette Tate Phe ire fed b regurgita what, were 
( eciine \ Vulture i n . shamef | pl ice it bes nd at 
' ‘ e season is advanced t 1s ful 
‘ ire hire ire ( iicitous for the ung, but e not b é 
come ft blows It « upon the nest the female will ss 
el sesicte th the birds 1 e onl me note low futtur il croak 
( i init If losel SE the b | s said > erect the 
