

bird tried to rise. 
ability to reach shore. So I went and 
got my skiff in case I had to play life- 
saver. 
| iia tide crept up inch by inch until 
finally there was only a tiny point 
of that rock left bare. Then it came up 
about the eagle’s feet, began to wet the 
tips of his wings, and then he launched 
himself in the water and came toward 
shore with wide, flapping motions of 
his wings, and corresponding strokes 
of his feet. 
I got a picture of him here as he 
appeared when just coming out of the 
water, his strong young legs hunched, 
his head lowered as though ready to 
attack. I waited long enough to snap 
a few pictures of him, then gave him 
the ‘unlimited freedom of the beach. 
Five feet from wing to wing he meas- 
ured, if an inch. 
I stood at a distance to watch what 
he would do now. His wings were very 
wet, as the feathers of an eagle do not 
have much oil in them. He tried to 
mount into the air, but his wings did 
not offer the resistance necessary to rise 
off the ground. He tried this several 
times. Then, evidently seeing that it 
was useless, he stretched himself out on 
the warm sand of the beach and allowed 
the hot sun to get in its work.,, 
Then it was that my eyes were at- 
tracted skyward. Directly above the 
young fledgling, soared the great par- 
ent bird, sending out its piercing cries 
time and time again. I wondered at 
the time why the old bird had not put 
in an appearance sooner, and concluded 
that, the young bird being practically 
old enough to take care of itself, the 
parent had stayed away from the nest 
for a longer period than usual. 
T the sounds from above, the young 
eagle rose from the sand, sent out 
an answering cry and started running 
_ along the beach, trying its wings. With 
long, bounding movements, the young 
He would spring up 
and ahead by striking the sand with 
his talons, and at the same time flap 
-ment*from above. 
his five-foot spread of wings in slow, 
ponderous manner. 
All the while there came encourage- 
Then the young 
eagle slowly left the ground, pounding 
the air with a noise that was plainly 
_ audible from where I stood. 
His flying 
was far from perfect, and at times 
tipped dangerously from one side to 
_ the other, but he kept in the air. Slowly 
_he mounted higher and higher, till he 
_ joined the old bird and the last I saw 
_ of them was as they disappeared be- 
_ yond a point. In three years’ time that 
_ young bird would have gained the white 
head and tail, and would then be, in 
appearance as well as in name, an 
American bald eagle. 
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