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these excursions over the precipice were perfectly safe, though some- 

 what thrilling. Our friend Bert, who weighs two hundred and forty 

 pounds, could yank us up by main strength should the occasion arise. 



On May 31st, Mr. Albert Gastrow and I were so fortunate as to 

 find another pair of Duck Hawks nesting fifteen miles or so distant 

 from the Sauk county location. This was, if anything, in an even more 

 picturesque situation, on the face of a great clifif known as Gibraltar 

 Rock, near Okee, in Columbia county. Figure 22 shows this great rock 



Fig. 22. — Gibraltar Rock, Columbia Count}', Wis., as seen from the south. 



as seen from the south. Situated in a rich farming country, this im- 

 pressive bluff rises over four hundred feet above the marsh at its base. 

 The south side has a sheer drop of a hundred and twenty-five feet, and 

 the eyrie was near the center and about twenty-five feet from the top. 

 Here on a short ledge, protec ed from above by a shelving rock were 

 three husky young Duck Hawks nearly as heavy as their parents, and 

 with wing and tail quills just appearing through their coats of white 

 down. This location, as well as the number and condition of the young, 

 being better suited for our proposed group than the material previously 

 taken, a return trip was made the following day accompanied l)v Chief 



