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1895. Maine. (bullies a Heron. ) 
Sept. 32. Lake Umbagog. 
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A-Xi44i© auter surisQt & Great Blue Heron,wfyich had alighted 
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X. short't-isae before on the south beacli began making a great out^ 
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cry. Presently it rose and ascended in circles to a height of 
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200 or more followed,or rdther preceeded, by a Short-eared 
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Owl which bullied it with amazing audacity, keeping always a 
little above it and swooping down every few seconds to deal it ^ 
blow-4 on the back but whether with bill or class I could not make 
out. The isig* clumsy Heron was apparently unable either to dodge 
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or to defend himself. At least "he did nothing but continue to 
circle croaking incessantly and at- each attack squalling so lusti- 
iy that "he might have been heard a mile aways-He-was evidently <*-• ** * 
badly frightened. The Owl must have been merely amusing himself 
for after a mimute or two he left the Heron and shot off down on 
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a long slant towards Richardson 1 s Carry-. 
Fifteen minutes later he reappeared skimming low over the 
Moose Point marsh, evidently hunting, every now and then giving 
three or four easy flaps of his broad wings but for the most part 
gliding smoothly on set wings just above the tops of the grasses 
inclining now to one side, next to the other and at length turn^ 
ing short about and going back over the same ground, reminding 
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me much of thp Marsh Hawk when similarly engaged. Twice or 
thrice he rose sharply to a height of ten or fifteen feet then 
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