arrived In tht vicinity the adult- female left 

 the nest and circled around overhead. From this, 

 action and th^ fact that there had be^n egps in 

 the one nest examined we decided that > this bbsIL 

 would also contain young and not eggs ; - we did ^ 

 not climb the tre^, therefore . 



Our plan Is to return to these nests next 

 year in time to procure eggs of the Be Id Eagle 

 and possibly those of the Great%Sornea Owl en- 

 countered* 



We left the beach at 6:' x o ^j/r. and arrived 

 at the University about 11 # 



The weather during the whole time was Ideal 

 d enabled us to get some very good pictures* 



$z if % Hp $ 



From this last trip and from the first one 

 the following facts In regard to the nesting of 

 Bald Eagles In this state seem apparent: 



1* ) The birds beg: 

 week in February a 

 fore* the last weefe 



nesting about the second ■ 

 id have laid their eggs b^ 

 of that month . 



) it requires about 5"£) 

 tion period* 



days for the incuba- 



3. ) They prefer to nest In the heavilv wooded 

 areas and always select the tallest end most 

 Inaccessible , living pines in which to con- 

 struct their nests. 



4. } The food fed to the young consists entirely 

 of fish - except of course, when food Is ; 

 scarce or when an easy opportunity of procur- 

 ing other prey presents itself # 



5. ) They are cowardly parents - possessing non< 

 - or very, very few of the ferocious habits of 



protecting th^ir young as exhibited by so 

 many Raptores. 



6. ) Only adult Bald Eagles (i.e. , those in 

 full # plumage, of the white heed and tail) Iiave 



