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acquaintance with Colorado eagles, and I was delighted while exploring 
Dry Creek Canyon one autumn to discover an eagle’s nest, high up on an 
almost inaccessible cliff on the south side of the canyon. The nest evidently 
was not deserted, for eagles were to be seen in the vicinity, and plans 
were laid for visiting the nest the next spring. 
Accordingly, on Saturday, March 14, 1908, a party of five or six of us 
started out to see whether we could find the eagles at home. The sky was 
heavily clouded, and it looked like a poor day for eagle nesting, but after 
considerable discussion it was decided to make a try at it, hoping the 
weather would improve. 
This time we did not go up the canyon as before, but climbed the 
mountains on the south side, calculating that in this way we could arrive 
at the top of the cliff, and thus avoid the hard climb up its face. There 
was some snow on the northern slopes of the hills, but the south slopes 
were mostly free of it. As the day was not very pleasant few birds were 
to be seen other than the ever-present magpies, some pink-sided juncoes, 
and western tree sparrows. A small flock of mountain bluebirds was 
“Tsland” peaks, in a sea of clouds 
encountered well up on the mountain side, flaunting their bright azure 
hues as they fluttered ahead of us. As we continued our climb we quite 
suddenly emerged into bright sunshine, and looked down on a sea of clouds, 
through which numerous little peaks protruded like islands. Inspired by 
this beautiful sight, our spirits rose, and we were soon at a point which 
we decided must be almost directly above the nest located a few months 
before. Our calculations proved to be correct, for as we cautiously looked 
