The Goshawks 



cretion, and it will return to seize a fowl even after it has been shot at; 

 but oftener it marks the gunner from a distance and awaits the unguarded 

 moment at the poultry-yard. After sighting game, this Hawk does not 

 soar and hover, after the manner of the Prairie Falcon; rather it ap- 

 proaches in a horizontal direction at a low elevation and under partial 

 cover of vegetation, then darts down suddenly or makes a quick side turn, 

 seizing its victim deftly, and off again to a distant station. Having once 

 got the lie of the land, a Goshawk will make requisition on a poultry yard 

 two or three times a day, and may elude capture altogether, be the owner 

 never so incensed over his losses. 



"Nidification begins early, usually about the latter part of March or the 

 beginning of April, long before the snow has disappeared from the moun- 

 tains, and while the hillsides are still saturated with moisture, making it 

 anything but easy work to look for their nests. These are usually built 

 in tall trees and no particular preference seems to be shown in their se- 

 lection. The nests are mostly placed close to the trunk and generally 

 well hidden from view. Occasionally one is placed some distance out, 

 or between the forks of one of the larger limbs, and on that account can 

 be more readily seen. I believe each of these birds has its regular hunting 



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Taken in the Tehipite Valley 



WHERE THE GOSHAWK LURKS 



Pholo by the A ulhor 



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