Ogden Daily Standard | 1892-02-26 | Page 7 | Where Eagles Are Protected

0 aigle are protected D 5 there Is good reason to be believe leve that tha the eolden eagly which at one time see seemed med dent goldien destined to extermination la is rapidly in creasing in numbers by a fortunate chance its powers of de destruction which in I 1 I 1 burred the revenge of the shepherds find and of certain service grouse preservers are to the deer talker by keeping down the num berof her of mountain hares which live on the hills bill and sa often spoil the success of a bard hard mornings stalking by jumping up and alarming the deer for once the sportsman and a bird of prey can exist together and the eagles are carefully protected in order that they may aid idd in keeping the fo forests reits clear of all other animals but deer in these vast preserves quiet secluded and by sheep or shepherds the golden eagles it are re now ru suffered fredred to rear th their air young and nil have BO far increased in num bers hers that it is bareto rare to meet with a deer stalker w ho Is not familiar with their appearance pe arance trance and in some degree with their habit they occasionally kill a sickly deer calf and have been known to attack the full grown deer leer but their main food is the blue hares and these are so numerous that the problem of maintaining any cambers numbers a carnivorous bird which will swallow five ur six pounds of meat at a meal presents no difficulties london