The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-06-25
from every tree and bush Is poured the joyft

from every tree and bush Is poured the joyfH0
rois. The little wren swells its tiny throat with
sweet suaings Of its song; the thrush, the re
clustering martins, the house sparrow, all jog
and blackhird, the plover and killdeer hover ar
their carefully concealed nests, and seek by ess
device to draw the intruder away from their y
nifty We found yesterday young snipe aboues
hide itself in the grass Our comp anion took is
his hand, but the little thing was affrighted, Il
he laid it down again. 1t ran away, happy,E.
doubt, TO escape from the dread ogre. APPROACH
curing its breakfast The fish hawk sails aboveA
water at a considerable height, eagerly scam
the surface for its prey. When it observes fi3Y
swoops down upon it with great velocity, and e.
rally succeeds in catching it in its powerful tai
Sometimes the fish is too heavy and after sew
Intellectual attempts to raise it, the hawk aband
it for another 1t happens occasionally that :,
talons are 30 fixed in a large fish az to be inezS
drowned. They have been taken in the nets g.
entangled. But If the prey is secured, before -
joyiHg it the osprey must often undergo anott
ordeal as he is sometimes set upon by the eagle WI
attempts, and generally succeeds, to rob him Of 81
spoils. Then ensues an exciting scene. The eagle
deavors to get over the hawk, who exertsevery en-
gy to soar above his dreaded adversary. And TIE
they rise to the Clouds alternately oertopping ed
other, until the hawk, unable to continue the O.
test, with a cry of disappointed rage, drops g
disputed prize. Swiftly it descends, but swifsf
than an arrow the eagle darts down up0n and catSr
ing it in its talons, before it reaches terra firm.
wings its fight to some gigantic tree, where 1t q
enjoy the plumber undisturbed ! have been I'd.
that when high in the air, if the hawk seems DE-
posed to hold on to the fish, the eagle will dive Y
der him, and wrest it from him with his more powfs
full claws. +
We were much amused at observing a few dal.
since, the actions of pair of ospreys, whose ne4
containing three young birds, was built in lsr&;
tree, near which we had approached. They hda
swooping down as if to attack us. For half hos
they wheeled about in the air, keeping up .shrS
cry, the female often settling down almost to 81
nest which contained her loved young ones, but n,
alighting, until we relieved them by departing
These birds had built for years in the tree and hs
become great favorites with the farmer upon who's
same afternoon boy climbed up the tree and robbes
the nest Of two of the young-not, however. witho.
the desperate resistance Of the mother bird, VII
came within two or three feet Of the plunderei
formidable club, which he had the prudeno
to provide himself with. The boy, however, ate
having secured his prize, abandoned his property Y
it the next morning, upon which we placed TIL
that the old birds would take care of them there
| Towards nightfall the farmer and q boy goint
through the lot, observed the young which the Oh!
ones had apparently not fed, and the good man.
restore them to the nest. The nest Is very larg
and most difficult to get at but the boy succeede,
in replacing one; the other he put on the outside
and as night was fast falling, left it there and hui
| ried down. They had gone but few steps when
fell off and was killed; we saw the heads of tn
other two protruding above the edge of the mes
next morning, enjoying the sun after breakfast Q
fresh fish which pa had provided, and now the PR
liability is they will live to become old, and VIC hop
| well behaved, hawks.
The hotel here is kept by Mr.. Richard Sites
whom upon week days we call Familiarity Dick.
1t is q very quiet and comfortable establishment
where the guests receive every attention. and is De
void of that ostentatious parade which is rather
noying at " fashionable places" It can be reaches
via Cape May or Philadelphia. At the latter plac
| the Ridgway House, foot of Market street, is th
starting point. The trip is made partly by the AL
secum railroad and partly by stage. In my next
will introduce to your readers some Of the personal
tiles here sojourning. HAWK.