BIRD LIFE IN WASHINGTON 
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Sometimes the Horned Owls are great 
friends to the farmer and sometimes too 
fond of chickens. 
It all depends upon how the food in a 
neighborhod introduces itself. If he finds 
plenty of rats, mice, chipmunks, etc., in 
the beginning, he is not apt to be trouble¬ 
some to the chickens. 
EARED OWLS 
Owls have always been hard for me to 
find. About noon one hot sunny day, I 
was particularly favored. I found three 
beauties sitting together on a limb. They 
made no attempt to fly but they watched 
Photo by W. L. Dawson 
NEST AND EGGS OF LONG-EARED OWL 
