[PW] A moping period for eagles?

[Sylvia Milne]

I think that it refers to the fact that birds sit around quietly when they 
are moulting

This passage comes from  "BIRD NEIGHBORS. An Introductory Acquaintance With 
One Hundred and Fifty Birds
Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes

By NELTJE BLANCHAN

INTRODUCTION BY JOHN BURROUGHS
1897, 1904, 1922 "
Online at http://www.fullbooks.com/Bird-Neighbors1.html

" In June few species of birds are not nesting, in July they may rove about 
more
or less with their increased families, searching for their favorite foods;
August finds them moulting and moping in silence, but toward the end of the
month, thoughts of returning southward set them astir again."

Sylvia Milne

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Subject: [PW] A moping period for eagles?


> List:
>
> I have a professor that is trying to reseach the factuality of a the tale 
> that an adult eagle goes through a time of inactivity called the "moping 
> period." He's found it used in sermons, but needs to confirm the details. 
> does anyone have any sort of idea if this "urban legend" is in fact true?
>
>
> Kevin
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