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were old and young birds ; on my first trip I found a hen with two 

 young, and on my second a hen with four young, and another hen 

 with one chicken appeared soon after. The latter, I think, were those 

 seen the first trip, but one had been killed by something, very likely 

 a Red-tailed Hawk I saw flying about. This Hawk was the cause 

 of the picture called "Watching the Hawk," taken the first trip. 

 These two young birds were very tame, and after being followed 

 about some time had settled down among the grass and stones 

 on the hillside. I had put the camera down about four feet away 



■ight, by E. R. fVarren 



"WATCHING THE HAWK 



from them, and had the stop at sixty-four and shutter for one-half 

 second exposure. The old bird was about twenty feet away. The 

 chicks were in a nice position, the slide was out of the plate-holder, 

 and I was just at the point of squeezing the bulb to make the exposure. 

 The hen began clucking very excitedly as if alarmed, and those young- 

 sters flattened themselves out among the rocks and grass so that, 

 close as I was to them, I could, hardly distinguish them from their 

 surroundings. As for taking their, pictures then, it would have been 

 impossible. The camera would have shot over them. I looked to 

 see the cause of the trouble and saw the Hawk sailing along close 

 to the ground. After he had passed, the birds raised themselves up 



