Birds of Lewist on- Auburn 61 



127. (366) AMERICAN LONG-EARED OWL 



A fairly common summer resident. This species has 

 been taken in the spring and fall and found nesting in the 

 summer. One season a nest was discovered at South 

 Lewiston built in an old crow's nest which had been 

 repaired and filled. It was sixty feet from the ground 

 in an evergreen tree. 



FAMILY FALCONS, HAWKS, EAGLES, ETC. 



128. (364) AMERICAN OSPREY; FISH HAWK 



A summer resident nesting near ponds and lakes. It 

 arrives the middle of April and departs the first of Octo- 

 ber. Every spring one is in the vicinity of the "Logan" 

 in Auburn. I have seen it at Lake Auburn and Sabattus. 



129. (360) AMERICAN SPARROW HAWK 



A common summer resident. The time of arrival is 

 just before the bluebird and robin. Most years the time 

 of departure is late in September. In August I had a 

 study of a family near the Stetson Road. 



130. (357) PIGEON HAWK 



A fairly common migrant. Seen the last of March or 

 early in April and soon passes farther north to nest. 



I have never identified this or the following species, 

 but other bird-students have taken them so I include them 

 in my list. 



131. (356a) DUCK HAWK 



An extremely rare migrant, reported as early as April 

 10. 



132. (352) BALD EAGLE 



This beautiful bird is seen daily flying over the lakes 

 and the river during the summer from the first of June 

 till into the autumn. Hence a proper inference is that it 



