with cedar bere,“fool’ end plant Fibers. Skunk hari had found its way in |
to the linging. Pive beautiful amd unusual long occuppied the depress— |

won. ‘The cliff was about 70 feet high. Just below, Ht base “eofvelits
a snow patch still remained, ‘Soth birds were concerned and flew direct- |

ly over us many times, sailed for a time, cometing with partielzy fold-_

ed wings and colliding eccaisionally with its mate. Sometimes they -off~<

ered a guttoral note. Seen falcon leave nest and return. Investigated a
and found 1 egg. This nest was ebout a block from the raven nest.
Kept in close touch with us during our shor visit. She was not 4s

demonstrative as usual but thet was justified when we found only the

one egg in the nest. The reddish eolored eg: pleced upon a floor

of eerth in crevass one ‘thrrd way down from the top of a 60 foot ledge.
Visited two other nests near that had been used by a red-tail hawk and

2 G.u.0wl the year Before. Our next stop was Goshen Pass at & point
between Soldier Pass and Chimney Rock Pass at the south end of Leke Mt.

The eagle nest is placed in the large set of cliffs to the right es one
proceeds down twward the lake from the divide. <An unusual end conspici-

ous red formation can be seen outcropping to the north on the other sidé

of the road. The eagle cliffs are just south from these red outcroppings
Phethesho#ia not. show much signs of being reconstructed except two or

three pieces of sage brush thet had been freshly hieked by the bill of

the bird and a climp of rabbit brush thet hed been in a flood and was

covered with mud. The mud covered rabbit brush wes really too large

for either a raven or hawk to have carried. Many of tve constitutent
limbs were too largé for anything but a eagle to carry. An old wood
rat had taken his share of the smaller twigs and hed placed them (in
fromt of his domicile evidently for protection. Unfortunately a sheep
herders camp had been set up on the divide south east of the cliffs

and nodoubt hed hindered the birds in their building and had foreed
them to abondan the old site and move on to their alternetive nesting
site. Both the raven and the falcon were’seen neer the elLitis on cur
approach. A set of three eggs‘of the great horned owl were taken in
the lower set of cliffs. The nest proper wes in a very parculier
situation, being phaced in a circular hole in the face of an otherwise
smooth faced cli*f. The nesting hall extended back for about 5 feet
put the owl had placed her nest near enough to the front door) to. be
able to leave or lean foreward and keep in touch with the. happenings of
the country below. West about 18 feet from the ground. Just as I
was about to take a picture of those glimering eyes, they about faced
and hurried to the back of the chamber, out of picture taking range.
Rether she have done that than rushed for the entrance and to creet
me with her stroking wing or climching claws. Leaving for Chimney Rock
Pass by geoing directly south was not a very good ventur. Traversed ;
several small gulches by filling in with shovel. All well until we

van face to fece with a grend canyon. 50 we retracted and took the
road leading east from where sheep camp wes loceted near the eagel
eliffs. This was our only bet because now We were plocked from the
south end in crossing from the north were on @ one way road, too steep
to make the retu#n. Finally arrived at abandon homestead §.W. of the
Woceda near the canal. Mr Hutchings had been informed by an. old
prospector. friend of his thet en eagle had e nest ebout @ way thir ae
Seldier Ganyon .but failed to find eny favorable looking cliffs. We ‘
shoulda have been able to see eagle cliffs from road as informed but
mothing looked likely. Retracted our tracks to main roed near the Old

   

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Great Blue heronery south of Pelican Point. From here we poihted the o
old buss homeward. The Lake and the east mountains pordering the
opposite side always look their best at twrlicht. Met a rein storm

at the novth end of the lake mountain which lasted until we reach the
eity of Lehi proper. laurel had supper all ready which we found nécely
prepared end tasty. Mr. Hutchings presented me & Saw-whet owl(19) that
he had killed with @ stick in his front yarc- The owl had taken e pine
siskin and was holding in clows when discovered. This bird hed been
shot through the hind quarters previously es discovered when I mounted |