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Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-09-03 | Page 4 | Eagles Throw 'Bomb's on Prey, Says Rancher

Type issue
Date 1932-09-03
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
Rights No Copyright - United States (NoC-US)
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
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Article Title Eagles Throw 'Bomb's on Prey, Says Rancher
Type article
Date 1932-09-03
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
Page 4
OCR Text Eagles Throw Bombs On Prey Says Rancher Tales of an eagle eacle which dropped bombs to scare its prey from bushes were brought to Cheyenne recently by Adolph Hamm of the Wyoming district bi biOlogical logical survey The story was related to Hamm by a rancher living south of Rock Springs who saw the bomber in action The eagle according to the thC ranchers ranchers rancher's ranchers rancher's ranch ranch- ers er's story first was seen pursuing a asage asage asage sage hen The hen scurried into a narrow gulch and concealed herself in a clump of bushes The eagle hovered hov hov- ered over the gully for a time then flew to a rocky ledge near the and seized a large stone in its talons islam Carrying the rock the bird flew over the spot where the hen had hac disappeared and dropped the bomb Wheeling in the air the eagle egIe swooped over over the bushes evidently expecting the hen to run into the open The hen however apparently was familiar with such tactics because because be be- cause she did not emerge from the bushes After a time the eagle cagle disgusted disgusted dis dis- gusted with the failure of ot its tactical tactical tac toe move flew on in search of easier prey pr Hamm reported eagles had carried off 10 lambs from a a flock belonging to William Julian who lives near Rock Springs The lambs weighed between 20 and 25 pounds Their bones were found on a tree perch of the eagles eagle's near the Julian ranch
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