School: Loughill
- Location:
- Ballymunterhiggin, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Eibhlis Ní Mhathghamhna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1026, Page 218
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- (continued from previous page)tail. Its nest is made in the rushes or in dry grass or in a nice sunny bank. Its eggs are twelve or thirteen in number.
- The Hawk is a big brown bird. It builds in an old wall in an ash tree or in lonesome places in waste fields. Its nest is made of twigs and lined with bits of straw and rushes. She lays four or five eggs. It is a very cute bird and chooses and secluded spot to build its nest so that it will not be disturbed. It steals young chickens and robs all the young birds from other nests to feed its young. It even gets mice and young rats. It can balance itself in one spot in the air, view its prey and then swoops down and seizes it. Once it starts to swoop it cannot alter its course and if an obstacle appears in the way it strikes against it. The “felt” is the only bird which is able to protect its young from the hawk.
- The Wood Cock comes from foreign(continues on next page)
