Aquila chrysaetos . J 
Lake Umbagog, Maine. 
. As we wore nearing the sheltered pool where the brook 
Sept.21. conies in, however, we saw a Golden Eagle first poise and then 
swoop straight down just beyond the wooded point which hid 
the pool from our sight. At the same moment we heard a Duck 
quacking loudly. The next a perfect stream of Ducks began 
pouring out over the trees. First came a single Black Duck, 
next three Wood Ducks and a Black Duck, next several Black 
Ducks and finally a flock of eight or ten Ducks which I am 
-nearly sure were Widgeon. 
Presently a Great Blue Heron passed us, flapping its way 
slowly up the course of the brook. It alighted about eighty 
yards off beyond some fallen tree tops which quite hid it 
from our view. A moment later a dark shadow skimmed over the 
meadow gfass. Looking up we saw a Golden Eagle soaring di¬ 
rectly above us at a height df about 300 feet. Presently it 
drifted over the spot where the Heron had alighted. Checking 
itself in the middle of a half-completed circle it poised for 
an instant beating its wings rapidly like a Kingfisher hover- 
l 
ing over a school of minnows. Then it swooped, descending in 
a. perfectly vertical 1 ine but nevertheless revolving 1 ike ,a 
.spinning rifle bullet so that it showed its upper and under 
parts alternately, turning at least four or five times before 
it passed out of our sight. Never have I seen anything to 
