Identifier: birdcraftfield00wrig (find matches)
Title: Birdcraft : a field book of two hundred song, game, and water birds
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Wright, Mabel Osgood, 1859-1934 Fuertes, Louis Agassiz, 1874-1927
Subjects: Birds -- United States
Publisher: New York : Macmillan Co.
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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AMERICAN SPARROW HAWK. BIRDS OF PREY. Bald Eagle The white head feathers of this Eagle give it the name of Bald, which in reality, of course, it is not. It is called aresident in Connecticut; but it is by no means common,though a pair may usually be seen sailing over the marshessome time between September and May. The white head identifies the fully grown bird beyondquestion; but as it takes the young three years to perfecttheir plumage, some confusion will arise. The feathers ofthe first year are uniform dark brown, and the birds arecalled Black Eagles. The second year they are known asGray Eagles, not earning the title of Bald until the thirdyear. Remember, however, that the Bald Eagle has itsclaws and ankles unfeathered (while the other AmericanEagle, the Golden, is feathered to the claws), and thenyou will not confuse the species. The Bald-headed Eagle is a long-lived bird, of majesticappearance, whose piercing voice can be heard above a wildstorm; and for these qualities it was u

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