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(Golden) Eagle Nest

Identifier: animallifeinseao00coop (find matches)
Title: Animal life in the sea and on the land
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Cooper, Sarah. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Zoology
Publisher: New York, Harper & brothers
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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Fis:. 220.—The Golden Eagle. 4. The Golden Eagle.—The golden eagle may be seencircling in this majestic manner about the lofty peaks ofmountain regions, where it places its nest, or eyrie, on14* 322 ANIMAL LIFE IN THE SEA AND ON THE LAND.
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Ficr. 221.—Eagles Nest. the highest and most inaccessible cliffs. The nest is avery rude one, built of large sticks and branches roughlyheaped together; still it becomes the family residence,and is used year after year, seldom being abandoned fora new nest. Neither do the parent birds desert each otherwhen their young ones are grown; but having once chosentheir mates, they continue true to them the rest of their BIRDS OF PREY. 323 lives. With eagles as with other birds of prey, the fe-male is larger than the male. 5. A large Supply of Food required.—For food the gold-en eagle seizes large birds, rabbits, fawns, and sometimessheep and lambs, and carries them off bodily to its se-cluded nest, where they are torn in pieces and devoured.In this way a pair of eagles and two or three young eagletsconsume a large amount of food; and as the bird sailsthrough the air, its keen eye is directed towards the earthin search of fresh supplies. Small animals, either livingor dead, are quickly dis

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  • bookyear:1887
  • bookdecade:1880
  • bookcentury:1800
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  • booksubject:Zoology
  • bookpublisher:New_York__Harper___brothers
  • bookcontributor:The_Library_of_Congress
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  • bookleafnumber:341
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