1921] 



STODDARD, A SPRING TRIP TO THE WISCONSIN RIVER. 



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specimens were collected, and perhaps more would have been obtained 

 but for the difficulty of getting into action quickly after being cramped 

 and half frozen for three quarters of an hour. We tried them again 

 the following morning and afterwards, but the wary creatures never 

 came into the field again before leaving for the north, though it was the 

 only corn out on the entire prairie. Considerable further chasing from 

 one part of the prairie to another in Ochsner's Ford proving fruitless. 

 It was therefore decided to leave the collection of the olher specimens 



Fig. 20. — Duck Hawk eggs in situ on a ledge on Ferry BlufiF, Sauk 

 County, Wis. Photo by W. D. Richardson, Chicago. 



desired, to late in March of another season, when geese might be present 

 in greater numbers. 



In my search for a suitable Red-shouldered Hawk's nest, which was 

 finally located in this region, a visit was made to the farm of Mr. Bert 

 Laws, which is ideally situated, on the Wisconsin river about seven or 

 eight miles below Prairie du Sac, in one of the best collecting grounds 

 that it was ever my good fortune to visit. Below lay big stretches of 

 heavy river timber, partly flooded during periods of high water, while 

 directly across from the house and for a mile down stream sandstone 



