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lion if I withdrew a short distance. When nearing the nesting site upon the 
morning of the second of March, just four weeks after the nest was located, the 
l)ird usually perched in the oak was nowhere to be seen, but upon stealthily 
Fig. IS. Pacific Horned Owl on Nest; F'irst Position, Facing Outward 
creeping' to the crest of the large rock across from the nest, and raising my head 
just enough to see over, I found myself gazing into the moon-like eyes of one of 
Fig. 19. Pacific Horned Owl on Nest; Second^Position, turned around and 
LOOKING OUT OVER HER BACK 
the old birds. Beyond a slight ruffling of the feathers over the whole body and 
especially those of the throat, she paid no attention to me. This being the first 
time I had succeeded in getting so close, I immediately secured two exposures 
