height and the nest was about 70' up and sup- 

 ported against the trunk by three large limbs * M 

 The tree* was devoid of limbs for the first 45* 

 and I had to rely upon my climbing irons en- 

 tirely. The bark of the tree was rather thick 

 most of the way up and it was also covered with 

 many dead vines which impeded a good an* a c curat f 

 grip with the climbing irons. After climbing up 

 about 30* the Tines became no prominent and. 

 presented such a hazard that I had to set my 

 spurs firmly, hold on to the tree with one hand 

 and with the other tear the vines l^ose. This 

 took lots of time and was very tedious work not 

 to mention the many small pieces of bark that 

 continually got in my eyes and added even more 

 to the danger of climbing the tree. However-, 

 after slipping twice, I finally arrived at the 

 first big limb upon which 1 could rest. Arom 

 this spot to the nest was comparatively easy 

 go lag . 



On reaching the nest I found two young 

 Bald Eagles, each of which was less than twenty 

 four hours old - they still possessed the T egg- 

 tooth* . The nest also contained an egg in which 

 the embryo was practically ready to begin to 

 emerge. There were two half -eat en fish about 

 8" long and the remains of an eel- which would 

 have measured some two or two and- a half feet 

 vrhen alive. I t6ok some snapshots and notes and 

 then descended the tree. 



The parent birds kept well out of range - 

 while I was in the tree the male bird came in 

 sight for the first and only time and. he and th 

 female kept circling high in the air screaming 



once in a while. 



Hie trap in which this nest was located was 

 really two big forks - about f ivisr feet from the 

 ground the tree branched into two large trunks 

 which gradually separated as the/ increased in 

 height*. At the top they were perhaps ?0 f apart 

 (the trunks) . 



After descend in/? the-' tree, we returned to th 

 biff nest on the side of the marsh which, had 

 appeared unoccupied earlier in the day. "'ban we 



