BIRD LIFE IN WASHINGTON 
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tive that there should be a bounty ou his 
head. Swallows are the only birdes that 
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fight him successfully. They circle above 
him and fly at his back aud head aud 
often make him retreat. 
He is the small grey hawk with short 
wings and long tail we so often see. 
The nest is hard to find. It is placed 
high in the evergreens, is made of sticks 
and lined with twigs. 
Both mother and father bird help in 
hatching the eggs. If you come too near 
they will try to fight you away, shrieking 
“Zip, Zip,” and will almost strike you. 
BALD EAGLE 
I think my readers will say with me 
that most of us can count upon our fin¬ 
gers the number of times we have seen an 
eagle in its wild state. One summer I 
made a visit to the birds of Orchard Is¬ 
land, one of the San Juan group. I knew 
the Bald Eagle came there occasionally 
to fish. Although I kept a sharp lookout 
for his coming, I failed to find him. 
Then a good farmer came to the rescue 
by telling me we might find an eagle al¬ 
most any day on Blakely Island. 
A large part of Blakely Island was still 
wild and lonely. 
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We secured an Indian guide to row us 
there. None of us knew where “Eagle 
Cliffs” were located, so our guide depos- 
