Near Wareham, Mass.
1900.
June 12-14.
(No 15)
  48. Pandion carolinensis.- Heard one whistling in woods near
a pond west of Wareham.
  49. Haliaeetus leucocephalus.- On June 12th we had six 
Eagles in sight at once soaring over or perched on shrubs
bordering a small muddy pond two or three miles E. of 
Wareham. The following day we saw three more, two of
them at Winter Island Pond. Two of the total nine
were adult birds. These Eagles visit the Wareham ponds
at this season to feed on Alewifes which are still
running up the brooks in fair numbers (a fact of which
I had ocular evidence during this visit). Mr. Bangs
doubts if Eagles now breed anywhere on the Cape but
he has been told by one of the three old gunners of Wareham
that a nest existed many years ago not far from that
town. We found a nest in the white pine swamp this
season which looked fresh and which was as large as
any Eagle's nest that I have ever seen but the ground
beneath showed no traces of excrement, feathers or other "sign"
and the only bird of prey seen near it was a Red-tailed Hawk.
This nest was in an enormous, living white pine about 50 ft.
above the ground near the top of the tree.
  [Circus hudsonius.- Up to within a few years Marsh Hawks
have been common summer residents of the Wareham region
according to Mr. Bangs but he has seen none near there
this season]
  [Accipiter cooperi. Mr Bangs has found several nests
of this Hawk & considers it a common breeder. It has
killed all his Pigeons & he has seen the remains of many
Meadow Larks about its nests.]
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