Call no. 



BIRDS OF NEW YORK STATE 51 



Hawk, Sparrow (continued) 



Nu HT Adult Female with Dead Sparrow. Genesco. (March 8, 

 1914) Bailey 



The food of these birds consists of grasshoppers, dragon flies, 

 meadow mice and now and then a young bird. The young birds 

 are caught as food more often on cold mornings before the insects 

 are active. During deep snow the sparrow hawk is often forced 

 to come to buildings and hedges in pursuit of the English spar- 

 row. At such times it will feed upon dead sparrows that may be 

 fastened to a perch or thrown on the snow. This is a female, as 

 shown by its streaked rather than spotted breast. 



Nu HT3 Nest with Five Eggs in Abandoned Nest of Flicker in Old 

 Stump. Ithaca. (June 2, 1916) Allen 



The nest is usually placed in a hollow limb, here as often in a 

 deserted flicker's nest, occasionally in a box put up for the pur- 

 pose. No nesting material is used. This nest is from 30 to 40 

 feet above the ground. 



Nu HT4 Young Bird Posed on Perch, Profile. Near Greenridge, 

 Staten island. (July 19, 1908) Harper 



This bird has been removed temporarily from its nest in the 

 hollow of a large elm tree. It is not yet ready to fly, as shown 

 by the down feathers on it. When the bird was photographed, 

 it had already been long enough in confinement to lose some of 

 its wildness. 



Nu HT8 Adult Startled by the Click of the Shutter, Wings Raised. 

 Geneseo. (March 8, 1914) Bailey 



Note the pointed wings characteristic of falcons. 



Nu HT9 Adult Trying to Fly Away with Dead Sparrow. Geneseo. 

 (March 8, 1914) Bailey 



Note the large stretch of wing. 



Heron, Black-crowned Night {Nycticorax nycticorax navius) 



This bird nests in colonies using, however, as a rule, a smaller 

 tree than the great blue heron. From time to time single pairs 

 may nest in the company of the great blue heron. Their feeding 

 habits are much the same as those of the other herons. 23-26 



