Identifier: birdsofnorthcaro00pear (find matches)
Title: Birds of North Carolina
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Pearson, T. Gilbert (Thomas Gilbert), 1873-1943 Brimley, Clement Samuel, 1863-1946 Brimley, Herbert Hutchinson, 1861-1946
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: Raleigh, Edwards & Broughton printing co., state printers
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

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ny bird or animal of its own weightis safe from this nocttuiial woodland hunt(>r. Keen (jf .-^ight, jiowerful of bill andtalon, and with a wonderful courage, the (!reat Horned Owl noiselessly lumts theopen glades and woodland fastnesses as twilight drops over the land. Even thebeautiful but odorous sktmk is not safe from this owls rai)acity. Dr. C. HartMerriam states: I have known one to kill and decajiitate three turkeys and sev-eral hens in a single night. Dr. P. R. Hoy (extract from quotation) in FishersHawk-i and Owls of the United Stcitcs says: The s))ecimen in the collection ofthe Academy was known to carry off from one farm, in the space of a mouth, notless than twenty-seven itidividuals of various kinds of poultry before it was shot. Sometimes a pigeon house will Ije selected and a heavy toll levied on the inmatesbefore the destroyer can be captured. Rabbits, iiowever, seem to l)e its favoritefood, and large numbers must be destroyed where these owls are plentiful. Plate 14
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fl.^rtWCUHOWJ^At- SCREECH OWL. Otu« asio aaio (Linn.) Red and Jray pluses. II N Descriptive List 183 The male is smaller than the female, and is occasionally killed and eaten by her. The Great Horned Owl nests in hollow trees, or, as is often the case, in the oldnest of hawks or eagles. The eggs are two or three in number, pure white, and inthis State are usually laid in February. Size 2.25 x 1.90. On January 21, 1899,

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