Show marsh manh hawks hawk groundlings Ground lingl lings the marsh baak Is our only species of hawk that habitually nests on oa the ground the dried grass nests neati of these birds built among the weeds weed neer a pond or marsh way may contain from two to nine eggs of a bluish white color when the eggs are hatched batched both male and female share char in the care oi of their offspring and the family remains together for mot of the summer their food consists const sta chiefly of mice but other small mall marn main mals mala birds snakes frogs and even poultry are sometimes found on their menu |