as is customary with these large eagles, had been 

 used aha repaired each succeeding year. The di- 

 mensions of the nest were approximately as 

 follows: outside height - 4 V ; outside" diameter 

 5* ; inside diameter - If' • inside depth 8" . 

 The nesting materials consisted of large sticks 

 twigs, cornstalks and other similar- rubbish - 

 the nest/ was lined with clumps of grass and sea- 

 weed. The whole nest was a prototype of that of 

 an Osprey, but of course, it was considerably " 

 larger, both as a whole and also in the sizes of 

 its components. The nest container!, besides the 

 young birds, about a dozen half -eaten fish 

 ranging in size from six inches to fifteen. T 

 was able to identify a few of them as Bluefish, 

 Croakers and one or two Spots. I remained at the 

 nest for about half an hour - taking notes and 

 snapshots. 



All the time we were in the vicinity of the 

 nest and even while I was up in it, the adult 

 eagles circled, very high, up in the air - even 

 so high as to be out of range of the Winchester 

 .25-. 20. Only once did they come within range - 

 and that was when I reached the nest and the 

 young one began screaming. Even then, the parent 

 birds made no attempts to attack me and did not 

 come closer than a hundred yards . This 'attitude 

 exhibited by these Bald Eagles is quite contrary 

 to popular opinion since many people believe 

 that they are very ferocious and. will even 

 attack small children. All these stories are, of 

 course absolutely without bases or are grossly 

 exaggerated. 



' Tien I had finished taking my notes and a few 

 snapshots, I descended the tree in the same man- 

 ner as I had come up until 1 reached the large ' 

 dead limb about thirty feet from the ground. At 

 this point 1 made a. loop in the end of the roue, 

 put my foot in it, threw the other end over the 

 limb, and descended to the ground - This was an 

 application of a. simple machine: I was the 

 weight, the limb was the fulcrum and Bad was the 

 controlling force. It was really quite an in- 

 genious method since I did no work at all and 

 Dad had to do very little since the limb suppor- 

 ted practically all my weight, and the friction o 



