Ball's 
1897. 
Apr.23. 
Pandion- hal iaetus oarol inensjis . 
Hill, Goncord, Mass. 
In the afternoon an Osprey flew directly over the cabin 
carrying a large fish in his talons. 
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Lake Umbagog, Maine. 
1897. At rather long and irregular intervals during the day an 
over 
May 15. Osprey passed and war our boat bearing in his (or her) talons 
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each time a single long thread shred of bark and once a large 
wisp of hay or grass. Only once was it accompanied by its 
mate. It always followed the same course and &fter passing o- 
ver the road near the school house dipped down into the woods 
beyond which it must have a nest. 
May 24. 
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A Pish Hawk rose to an immense height, first over Great . 
Island, then drifting off over the main land towards the Ty¬ 
ler Cove poising and flapping his wings loosely screaming 
cree-cree , etc. almost incessantly, keeping this up for fully 
15 minutes. Finally his mate appeared soaring in great cir¬ 
cles a thousand feet or more beneath him. He, however, kept 
on poising, flapping and screaming at his former level. 
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