FALCONID^: Falcons and Caracaras 



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Res. Abundant Breeds 

 from low, hot deserts to 8000 

 feet or more, wintering below 

 snow-line. Occupies some aban- 

 doned woodpecker-hole, or a 

 natural tree-hollow, for a nest. 



Desert Sparrow Haw 



Arizona - - Res. - - Rare, 

 though formerly common, in ex- 

 treme southern part of State, 

 whence it occurs everywhere 

 southward to northwestern 

 South America. Congregates 

 wherever food is most abun- 

 dant, as about slaughtering- 

 places. 



Audubon Caracara 



OSPREYS. Family Pandionidse 



Often robbed of their prey by the Bald Eagle. Nest close by water, on 

 ocean cliffs or a tall tree ; or sometimes even on the ground where the birds 

 build a great heap of brush, etc. 



Res. Occasional on islands 

 off the California coast, where 

 it nests or formerly nested. 

 Sometimes noted on mainland 

 coast, or on larger inland waters, 

 usually in winter. In migration 

 occurs on larger Arizona rivers. 



