j&oag surf llaei 



Homed Grebe m two la flight up river. 



Osanet -23 * several ta tiaaature plumage. 

 Botsu ta the river above Oouthporti 



MMiMlMf S^ll* * auuo«3fu*. 



3o»t3>arto«Q gall » aumarous. 



tB»gy|ng QulX «» 25, 

 ^ . Bald eagle - mature plumage, la flight up rivar. 

 k#xr^ Cemssaat - fiahlag •• Ortoa Polat, aad Campbell* a Island, 



Blade duck * 350 la sacral fXodcs - f eedtag oa mud flats. 



Great blue heron - one. 



Bobellak » thousand - activated - f©edlag oa rico at CaEspbsll's Island, 

 nah crow - alios below ^TllaiBgtoa. 



Wtlmiagtoa Harbor, Ifortb Garolian • 23 ?JovaBber, 1927. 

 aing-biued guix « xo 



Laoghing gall - lh 



Bonaparte* s gall • U 

 Herring auU • 6 



Oa bo;*ra Cut tar MODOC • pas 8 ire Capo Fear River to sea frora 'ilnlngton, 

 Kortli Carolina, I Bacactair, 192?. 



fresh and atroug northerly braetse, overcast, relay, sad misty weather. 



dolls « Mostly laughing gulls la large numbers. 



tbmatom tmUk to. 



ifig billed Gills - 10 



Comore&ts - double created * 2H, 



Blade ,**ek at ICeg Island, 300, 

 Below Grton Folat « 



Vltaesa two mature Ikdd Uaglea attainting to rob a Herring Oull of a dead 

 fish. The gull adsaltly outmaaeuvcred the larger birds and for tea miautes 

 suecessi'uliy prevented highway robbery. She eagles used good tactics la thalr 

 charges oa the worried gull by attatfelns simultaneously from opposite flunks 

 apoa their victim. 3ha sail hcv*evor was an ospert la -lodging aad because of 

 Its much seller else aad wlag spread ooold wheel aad dart la much smaller 

 turola& circles thsa these reeulred by the eagles, la Its everyday life the 

 soil has to look after Its personal interest* whea among Its fellows or he 

 imposed upon and gol-fcnagry. All of us who have had oecaaioa to f reoueat the 

 hssats of the herring aad other galls hare witnessed the eager pursuit of oae 

 of their aombtr by several hungry ones whoa the pursued has a tasting aorsel 

 too large to swallow forthwith. In the foregoing case the eaglet ware easily 

 the swifter 0* the wiag aad had ao difficulty la overtaking their victim la 

 the straightaway* She gull wisely never held to such a course for long but by 

 employing Its skill la dodging, darting, aad turning. It managed to keep well 

 dear at^Soes. Maally oae eagle became dlseouragsA and flew to a fish stales 

 close by aad watched Its mate ooatlaue the chass. The result however reaalaed 

 the same aad after a #ew mlssatet of strenuous effort It, too, allowsd the gull 



