DUCK HAWK 



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Duck Hawk 

 Group 



The duck hawk may be Pound 

 nesting on the Palisades of the 

 Hudson almost within the limits 

 of New York City. It builds 



nests on the Ledges 



of the towering 



cliffs. This hawk is 

 a near relative of the falcon which 

 was so much used for limiting in 

 the Middle Ages. 



In August and September the 

 meadows and marshlands in the vi- 

 cinity of Haekensack, Xew Jersey, are 

 teeming with bird life. In the group 



showing these Haekensack 



ac ensac meadows are swallows prepar- 

 Meadow . . . 



Gr mg to migrate southward, bo- 



bolinks or rice birds in fall plumage, 

 red-winged blackbirds, rails and the wood duck. 



The wild turkey is a native of America and was 

 once abundant in the wooded regions of the eastern 

 portion of the United States, but is now very rare. It 



differs in color from the Mexican bird, the 



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Group 



which was introduced from Mexico into Europe 



about 1530 and was brought bv the colonists to America. 



. Terns 



(Reproduced from studies near Slaty Forks, AYest Virginia.) Cobb's island Group 



The great blue heron usually nests in trees. The bird flies with its 



neck curved back on its bod}' and because of this habit can 



_, TX readilv be distinguished from the crane with which it is 



Blue Heron 



Q rou « frequently confounded. (Reproduced from studies near St. 



Lucie, Florida.) 

 In the "bonnets" or yellow pond lily swamps with cypresses and cab- 

 Water bage palmettoes, the shy water turkey builds its nest. It 

 Turkey or receives the name "turkey" from its turkey-like tail and the 

 "Snake-bird" title "snake-bird" from its habit of swimming with only the 

 p long slender neck above water. (Reproduced from studies 

 near St. Lucie, Florida.) 



