| 1874 - 802 pages
...sufficiently fierce birds, they lack the "snap" of the falcons and.asturs; and I scarcely think they arc smart enough to catch birds very often. I saw one make the attempt on a lark-bunting. The hawk poised in the air, at a height of about twenty yards, for fully a minute, fell... | |
| Elliott Coues - 1874 - 826 pages
...Hawks. The quarry of Swainson's Buzzard is of a very humble nature. I never saw one swoop upon wild-fowl or Grouse, and, though they strike rabbits, like the...while the enemy flapped away sulkily, very likely to -i around a gopher-hole for his dinner, or take pot-luck at grasshoppers. They procure gophers, mice,... | |
| Elliott Coues - 1874 - 816 pages
...snap" of the Falcons and Asturs; and I scarcely think they are smart enough to catch birds very olteu. I saw one make the attempt on a Lark Bunting. The...flapped away sulkily, very likely to prowl around a gopher-liole for his dinner, or take pot-luck at grasshoppers. They procure gophers, mice, and other... | |
| Elliott Coues, Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.) - 1874 - 818 pages
..."snap" of the Falcons and Asturs; and I scarcely think they are smart enough to catch birds very ofteu. I saw one make the attempt on a Lark Bunting. The...missed. The little bird slipped off, badly scared 110 doubt, but unhurt, while the enemy flapped away sulkily, very likely to prowl around a gopher-hole... | |
| Hamilton Association - 1884 - 764 pages
...lack the 'snap' of the Falcons and Asturs, and I scarcely think they are smart enough to catch little birds very often. I saw one make the attempt on a...Bunting. The Hawk poised in the air at a height of about 20 yards for fully a minute, fell heavily with an awkward thrust of the talons — and missed. The... | |
| Wisconsin. Chief Geologist - 1888 - 858 pages
...SWAINSON'S BUZZARD. GROUP II. CLASS c. Not common. A summer resident. Dr. Coues says of this species: " Though really strong and sufficiently fierce birds,...with an awkward thrust of the talons, and missed. . . . They procure gophers, mice and other small quadrupeds, both by waiting patiently at the mouth... | |
| Albert Kenrick Fisher - 1893 - 324 pages
...probably strike rabbits, like the red-tails, their prey is ordinarily nothing larger than gophers. * » * I scarcely think they are smart enough to catch birds very often. I saw one make the attempt on a lark-bunting. * * * But I question whether, after all, insects do not furnish their principal subsistence.... | |
| 1893 - 320 pages
...probably strike rabbits, like the red-tails, their prey is ordinarily nothing larger than gophers. * * * I scarcely think they are smart enough to catch birds very often. I saw one make the attempt on a lark-bunting. * * * But I question whether, after all^ insects do not furnish their principal subsistence.... | |
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