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 THE-CO.II.R Volume Vll January-February, 1905 Number 1 Photographing the Aerie of a Western Red-tail BY WILLIAM LOYELL FINLEY I than the one in the cotton- wood over the bank of the Columbia river, we have never seen it. A red-tail likes a high commanding site iust as a mallard searches the sedge grass about the pond for a home. This pair of hawks surely found it. We would never have discovered the aerie, had we not searched the bottom when the trees were leafless. Finding a red-tail's nest is very different in Oregon from what it is in California. You may look through the forest of tall firs till you are blind, or search the river bottoms for miles and not find the trace of a nest. But it seems that every little canyon of the California hills has its red-tail, and all you have to do to find a nest is to sit at the outlet and scan the trees with your field glass. We have found few nests that are absolutely beyond human touch, but it has taken a deal of F there is another red-tail in the county that has found a nesting site higher