PHOTOGRAPHING THE NEST LJFE OF THE OSPREY 



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ODDS AND KNDS FIND THFIR WAY TO THE OSTREY S NEST 



This bit of carved wood weighed nearly a pound. It was found in one of tlie nests on Gardiners 



Island (see text, page 247). 



EGGS OE THE FISH HAWK VARY IN SIZE, SHAPE, AND MARKING 



As a rule, the female lays from two to four eggs, rarely five. They are of a light buff base 

 color, blotched with shades of claret and brown. The eggs measure from 2^-4 to 2-):; inches in 

 length and from i J/2 to 2 inches in diameter. 



