it using my climbing irons and trying to hold 

 on to the tree by digging my fingers into the 

 large crevices in the bark. However, this proved 

 futile - the bark was too thick to allow the 

 spurs to really hold and I had great difficult^ 

 in securing sufficient holds on the bark with 

 my hands. " ? e gave up this idea and hit upon the 

 plan of throwing, the rope over the large limb 

 about thirty feet up the tree and mv trji tip to 

 climb the rope with Dad. holding it taut* on"the 

 ground. This plan did work, but it was verv 

 hard work climbing that rope hand, over hand, for 

 even that small distance, T was loaded down with 

 heavy clothing, a camera, the climbing irons 

 and my collecting case. .After much puffing and 

 straining, I finally made a- successful start on 

 ascending the big pine. However, the hard work 

 was ,1ust beginning to start for I was entirely 

 "on my own" the rest of the way since the rope 

 was too short for Dad to be able to help. I 

 proceeded in the same manner as I had started up 

 but with much greater risk and difficulty since" 

 the ends of the rope were free to swing which, 

 of course, allowed the whole works to sway. It 

 took .lust about an hour for me to get to the nest 

 from, that first limb which was the '"hardest 

 climbing I have ever done in all my six years -of 

 activity in the study of oology, r was very 

 tired when I reached, the four -prong" 'fork that 

 supported the nest - to say nothing of being, a 

 bit nervous from almost falling to the ground, at 

 two different times during my ascent. 



After resting for a few minutes I climbed up 

 to a comfortable seat at the edge of the nest. 

 Again I was disappointed , for instead, of eggs,' 

 there were two young Bald Eagles in the nest. 

 One was about two weeks old while the other 

 seemed to be about three weeks old. - The former 

 bird payed no attention to me whatsoever, but 

 the older one sat back on his rwnp and "gave me 

 hell". Hach "bird- wa so cover ekV with gray "down - 

 the older one, however, was of a darker shade 

 than the younger. 



The nest was at least three years old and 



