The Oologist. 



Vol. XXIV. No. 1. 



Albion, N. Y., Jan., 1907. Whole No. 234 



THE OOLOGIST, 



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Nesting of the Broad-winged Hawk. 



On May 12, 1906, a friend and my- 

 self started out to hunt hawks' nests, 

 having especially in view the Broad- 

 winged and Sharp-shinned, though it 

 was a little early for the latter. It 



was a beautiful day of our month of 

 blossoms and we both were happy 

 that we were able to be in the coun- 

 try on such a day, whether we found 

 any hawk's' nests or not. After driv- 

 ing about four miles we hitched the 

 hor&e near the road and proceeded to 

 explore a considerable growth of 

 chestnut woods. We had looked 

 through the entire lot without result, 

 when jus as I was coming to the 

 edge, I saw a large opening, about 15 

 feet up, in an ancient chestnut. I 

 thumped on the tree with a climber 

 when out flew a Barred Owl. She 

 flew to a tree a short distance away, 

 lit on a limb, then did the "Right about 

 face," mentioned long ago by Mr. C. L. 

 Rawson, and sat there for some time 

 watching me. I put on my climb- 

 ers and went up the tree. In the 

 cavity were two downy white young, 

 perhaps six or seven days old. 

 Even though so young, they could 

 make a noticeable click with their 

 black bills. I sincerely hope that 

 nothing happened to them and that 

 they are now as big as their mother 

 and are enjoying life. 



About a mile further on. I looked 

 into the nest of a RedfshouldereJ 

 Hawk, which contained two eggs, well 

 incubated, I should judge by their ap- 

 pearance. 



Proceeding on about three miles we 

 came to a large tract of woods, prin- 

 cipally pine. Here we began a care- 

 ful and systematic search, for a pair 

 of Broad-wings were known to have 

 raised young here in 1905. After 

 some time I saw, about 40 feet up in 

 a pine, a nest that looked fresh. Up- 



