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RM2CNHDND–. Bird lore . owed and snapped, and hopped about, He wildly screamed, then looked devout.But no word came,His heart to cheer,From lady owl,That perched so near. The suitor thought her hearing dull, And for her felt quite sorrowful.Again by frantic efforts he Did try to woo her from her tree;Pray, loveliest owl,The forests pride,Descend and beMy beauteous bride. A wedding feast of mice well keep, When cats and gunners are asleep;Well sail like shadows cast at noon, Each night will be a honey-moon.To this she answeredNot one breath ;But sat unmovedAnd still as death.(196) For Young Observers 197
RM2CNHM8F–. Bird lore . the young from the nest and placethem in a cage suspended near the nesting bough, or cage the fledglings,and this is but another way of applying the method which uses parentalinstinct as a chain between old and young. The nest with all its surroundings is of less importance to the adultbirds than is commonly supposed, especially when the instinct to nourishand protect the young is at its height. During the past three summers Ihave studied forty nests of wild birds by the method of controlling thesite, and using the tent for a blind, while the accidents, which camemainly from inex
RM2CNFNWP–. Bird lore . would suddently cease from their rambling, raiseup their body and neck, emit each two or three notes, and remain severalminutes on the alert, after which they would fly to their nests, and then return.They search for food precisely in the manner of the Roseate Spoonbill, moving 344 Bird - Lore their heads to and fro sideways, while their bill is passing through the softmud; and in many instances, when the water was deeper, they would immersetheir whole head and a portion of the neck, as the Spoonbill and Red-breastedSnipe are wont to do. When, on the contrary, they pursued aquati
RM2CP062E–. Gleanings from nature . reenish-blue color, resembling the line seen in tlie eggs ofthe Catbird (G. earolinensis), 1.05x.78, 1.08x.78, 1 07x.78 and.64X..55 inches. o- VIII.— Abnormal Shell Texture. 110. Icteria virens. Yellow-breasted Chat.—May 24,1897. Collected by J. Warren Jacobs, near Waynesburg, Pa.Four slightly incubated eggs, having a thin frail shell, coveredwith a superfluous deposit of same material distributed in largexvartii patches and sharp granulations, and being of sufficientquantity throughout the entire set to form two nearly perfectshells of this species. However, when we
RM2CP84YC–. Bird lore . ng, stuck up against the back of the nest. As they caught sightof me, they gave a little start, settled more closely into the nest, and froze asusual. This was the only m^otion I ever saw them make. On the eighth day,a heay rain fell; but the nest and its occupants remained perfectly dr; sowell had the site been chosen. On the morning of the ninth day, vrhen allnature was drenched and shivering, I found an empty nest. But, as the oldbirds were seen to drop with food into the tangled grass of the hillside. Iknew that the young birds were safe so far. It seemed a pity, however, t
RM2CND1XJ–. Bird lore . The Audubon Societies 479 TAMING WILD BIGHORNS A very delightful example of how theshyest wild animals may be taught totrust mankind, and will yield their fearsunder the influences of continuous kind-ness and a sense of security, is afforded bythe bighorn sheep that every winter comedown into the town of Ouray to getfood. Mountain sheep have become so rarethat it has become necessary to prohibit fifteen or twenty in all, and were again fedas long as they cared to remain. The thirdyear they came in larger numbers andearlier, seeming to prefer the easily obtainedalfalfa hay to the
RM2CPHYT1–. Bird lore . hem that the lives of multi-tudes of wild birds would be savedannually. The following resolutionwas adopted: Resolfed, That in the interests ofhumanity and bird protection theNational Association of AudubonSocieties endorses the movement tomake the owners of cats responsiblefor their acts and welfare. A meeting of the directors washeld, when all of the officers of theAssociation were reelected for theterm of one year. After adjournmentof the business meeting, Mr William account of his experiences among the largecolonies of water-birds breeding in south-eastern Oregon, illustratin
RM2CPDKW3–. Bird lore . lly suitable for their nesting purposes and not because theysought the society of their large black neighbors. Enemies the Least Bittern certainly has. Water-snakes capture the youngand perhaps at times eat the eggs. Muskrats, found in nearly every marsh,are to be dreaded, as are minks and Hawks. Fish Crows are ever on thelookout for eggs and perhaps this is the reason why the birds bend down-ward the tops of the rushes to shield the eggs from above. The draining ofmarshes, which thus destroys their feeding and nesting places, has causedthese birds to become scarce in many parts
RM2CPMPD4–. The Ornithologist; a magazine of ornithology and oölogy . ngton Street, London, N.W. Price of work(fcap. Svo, cloth, gilt lettered) will be 2s. net. Remittance should not be sent untilbook is received. ESTAB. 1868. Telegrams—Thorpe, Naturalist, Croydon. CHARLES THORPE, Naturalist (late ofthe Crystal Palace^ College Buildings, George Street, CROYDON. Every description of Apparatus for the Entomologist, Taxidermist, &c, suppliedat low est London prices. Birds, Animals, and Fish Preservation a speciality (Chas.Thorpe is famous for his artistic treatment of Birds). Animals heads and hornsmounted
RM2CP79CA–. Bird lore . n response to it, he came to the nest, but the blindwas too near, and, taking wing almost as he alighted, returned to his perchon the beach. Again the female uttered her food call and the young were nowpermitted to move about the nest. Finally the male came, but, as before, his fearsovercame him and he departed quickly, taking the fish with him. Three timesthis performance was repeated, and on the fourth, the female, losing patienceor prompted by hunger, attempted to take the fish from his foot with her bill,when, as the male arose, the fish was pulled from his grasp and dropped
RM2CPD226–. Bird lore . e Sparrows and Horned Larks, and soon a bunch ofSnowflakes dropped in, and what a scramble there was. Tree and EnglishSparrows, Horned Larks and Snowflakes in a seething, bubbling mass, flyingup and over each other in their eagerness to get the food. Then suddenly, asif at a signal, they would all fly up and away, the Sparrows to the nearbybushes and the Larks and Snowflakes away down in the field where they lit inthe snow. Soon a Tree Sparrow would come back, then several more, thenthe Larks would come in little short runs, then the Snowflakes, and lastlythe English Sparrows. So
RM2CNFWKW–. Bird lore . he differencebetween fluffy owl-like feathers and stiff quills. Sometimes one ofthe Jays would touch the side of a tree a moment before droppinglightly to the ground. All their motions were quick and easy, ifnot actually graceful, and they worked rapidly, with none of the pro-found deliberation shown at times by the Nutcracker. The smallerpieces of food they ate ; the larger ones they carried off, usually intheir bills, occasionally in their claws. In eating, the Jay would sometimes adopt the Blue Jaystyle and put his food under hisfoot, where he could pull itapart, throwing up h
RM2CNHG4C–. Bird lore . theFrenchmen caught him, andcooked him, and ate him—quite out of existence. FlG- ■ Part of the winK of the Solitaire Francois Leguat, the historian of the Solitaire, to whom we are obligedto turn for all information concerning this bird, wrote that, The Bone ofthis Wing grows greater towards the Extemity, and forms a little roundmass under the Feathers as big as a musket, ball. They will not suffer anyother Bird of their Species to come within two hundred Yards round of thePlace; But what is very singular, is, the Males will never drive away theFemales, only when he perceives one
RM2CNDAA3–. Bird lore . CLIMBINGU,ABOARD At Home with a Hell-Diver 253 the old bird and several young from a new nest that had evidently been con-structed as a sort of roosting- or resting-place. The down of the young is evi-dently not as impervious to water as are the feathers of the adults, and it isnecessary for them to emerge from the water occasionally to dry off. Whetherthe original nest would have been used for this purpose if it had not been dis-turbed, cannot be said; but I am inclined to believe that these roost-nestsare frequently constructed, as several more were found in other parts of thep
RM2CNT82W–. The birds of Canada : with descriptions of their habits, food, nests, eggs, times of arrival and departure . FFIN. Mormon arctica.—The Arctic Puffin. This exceedingly quaint looking bird is twelveinches in length. It has a very large bill, whichhas the appearance of a sheath slipped over bothmandibles ; it is curved towards the point, com-pressed vertically, and transversely furrowed onthe sides; the chin and cheeks are white, bor-dered with gray, the latter much puffed up withfeathers, which make the head look large andround. The crown of the head and upper partof the plumage are black, and
RM2CNE6NP–. Bird lore . Medford Rockport Swampscott ...Swampscott ... Boston; Ipswich Nantucket SndJamaica PlainMiddlesex Fells Newton Middlesex Fells Ipswich Medford ..... Ipswich Concord Arboretum .... Boston Medford Naushon Date Jan. IJan. 5April 17May 12May 3Oct. 3June 14May 15April 7Mar. 12Mar. 8Dec. 21Jan. 18Jan. 18Jan. 25Aug. 21July 24Dec. 17Oct. 31Mar. 12Oct. 25Aug. 21Jan. 18Aug. 28May IMay 20May 15Feb. 7July 14 List of Birds observed byJames L. Peters, in Mass..from January 1, 1908, toJanuary 1, 1909. Locality Date Jamaica PlainJamaica PlainArboretum ... .Arboretum ... Concord Franklin Park Gre
RM2CNHM6A–. Bird lore . gfight. In some cases the birds separated into pairs to fight it out, in otherssmall groups kept whirling about while the feathers flew. The battle wagedall over the garden and down across the Meadowlarks old grass field. Nowand then, four or five young Starlings would perch on the top wire of the fence,only to be swooped off sometimes by Robins and sometimes by their own kin,who had lost their heads after the fashion of agitated human parents. Results,dead, one Robin and one Starling; maimed, three Robins and one youngStarling, with a queer wing, who, however, trailed off so qui
RM2CPCWWN–. Bird lore . partment in Bird-Lore occupied 180 pages. Of Educational Leaf-let units, reprints were made to the number of 3,524,500; other circulars,announcements to teachers, membership blanks, and campaign literatureamounted to 405,700 pieces. Of letterheads and envelopes, 267,000 wererequired. Our Supply Department sold 865 stereopticon shdes, slightly abovethe actual cost. Our moving-picture films were sent out on a number of occa-sions at a nominal cost. Report of the Secretary 407 FINANCES During the year the Association enrolled 85 life members at $100 each.The sum received from this s
RM2CP7YND–. Bird lore . ver-sity of Iowa, represented by Prof. C. C. Nutting, head of the zoological depart-ment, whereby an expedition was sent to Laysan, the largest and most impor-tant island of the group; to ascertain the present condition of the bird rookeriesand to collect a series of birds for a museum exhibit. This expedition, headed by Prof. Homer R. Dill, reached Laysan,April 24, 1911, and remained until June 5. Professor Dill writes: Our first impression of Laysan was that the poachers had stripped the *Report of an Expedition to Laysan Islands in igii, under tlie joint auspices of the United
RM2CNW9JA–. Bird lore . OVENBIRD AT ENTRANCE TO NEST, ABOUT TO FEED YOUNG Contact print, no enlargement. OVENBIRD AT ENTRANCE TO NEST, ABOUT TO FEED YOUNGPart of same subject as above, enlarged about ^/-j times An object lesson in enlarging. Two pictures of an Ovenbird, the upper the same sizeas the negative; the lower enlarged about 3)2 times. From nature by Frank M.Chapman, Englewood, N. J., June 8, 1900. Birds and Seasons FIFTH SERIES AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER BIRD-LIFE NEAR BOSTONBy Ralph Hoffmann WHILE there is undoubtedly a steady diminution in our bird-lifeduring August, it is extremely difficult to n
RM2CNTB90–. The birds of Canada : with descriptions of their habits, food, nests, eggs, times of arrival and departure . ; top of headand throat, red ; belly, yellow. This bird is afriend to the farmer, as it destroys immensenumbers of insects. Nests, in a decayed tree inthe woods ; eggs, five, pure white. Picoidcs hursutus.—The Banded Three-toed Woodpecker.This woodpecker is a permanent resident ofCanada. Length, nine inches. Black, above ; 14 Birds of Canada. white, beneath ; quills, spotted with white ; topof the head, spotted with white ; the crown ofthe male, with a yellow patch. Nests, in a stumpo
RM2CNG04J–. Bird lore . exhibits unmistakable signsof being animated within, and in a wonderfully short time thelittle nestlings are as large as their parents, and full, indeed, isthis family domicile. Owing to the cleanly habits and care of theold birds, the dresses of the youngsters are cleaner and brighterthan those of their hard-worked, food-carrying parents. It wasjust at this stage in their progress that the little family, whoseportraits are here shown, was discovered one late June day, snuglyensconced within the crumbling trunk of a long since departedwillow tree. With a bird-loving companion, Mr
RM2CP2GFT–. Ornithologie de la Savoie, ou, Histoire des oiseaux : qui vivent en Savoie a l'état sauvage soit constamment, soit passagèrement . et un peu traînante ; on compare leurs crisordinaires a ceux de la femelle du Canard Sauvage.La chair de cette Sarcelle est délicate et recher-chée ; on la mange aussi comme maigre les joursde précepte. 391.—Canard Souchet [AnasClypeataJ. Noms vulgaires : Canard à Bec de Spatule ou de Cuiller, Canard Rouge ouRusse, Rouget. Le Canard Souchet ou le Rouge (Buff.)—Souchet Commun (Guy.)-—CanardSouchet (Anas Clypeata)y Vieill.. Temm., Degl.—Rhynchaspis Clypeata,Souchet
RM2CP92XY–. Ornithologie de la Savoie, ou, Histoire des oiseaux : qui vivent en Savoie a l'état sauvage soit constamment, soit passagèrement . par ses cou-leurs plus vives et plus pures, par les plumes noiresquelle porte en forme de lunettes autour du cercleblanc des yeux, doù lui est venue sa dénomination,enfin par sa petite taille. Le vieux mâle, au printemps, est dun beaucendré pur, approchant du bleuâtre, sur le haut dela tête et les joues : chez les sujets qui nont pasencore changé entièrement de livrée, surtout chezles mâles adultes , cette couleur est çà et là, sur lefront et la nuque, frangée du
RM2CNHF8J–. Bird lore . that I am unable to account for its presence at thisplace. It is readily distinguished from our native birds, and I have had no difficulty inrecognizing it, although I had never seen it before.—R. B., July 3, 191 i.j This morning, four StarHngs passed me, flying rapidly southward. All wereapparently adults. They uttered notes not unlike the sound which might beproduced by striking a steel rail with a hammer. A wind and rain storm occurred on thij date.—R. B. August 7, 1911. [Mr. Beebes communications start the inquiry as to how far west the Starling hasnow gone. As yet, no clue h
RM2CP5W9D–. Bird lore . LOOX ON AN ADIRONDACK LAKE. CALLING .AND RUNNLNG 0^ER THE WATER INCOURTSHIP EVOLUTION (3) Bird - Lore. TREE SWALLOW PLAYING WITH A FEATHER Note the detail with which the feathers of the wing are drawn Mr. Brandreth has certainly not detracted from the beauty of his figuresof birds by giving them their due allotment of feathers; he has thereby greatl,yincreased their charm to the bird student who is as much pained by a pictureof a five-primaried Swallow as he would be by that of a two-fingered man. But Mr. Brandreth is something more than a gifted and accurate drawer ofbirds. Amon
RM2CPD398–. Bird lore . that can be taken are those of birds, since one can seldomcome within reach of them with a camera, and if one does come within range,then the light conditions are unfavorable for snapshots. If, in spite of all this, 344 Bird - Lore one desires to take bird pictures, some kind of a device must be used which willovercome the inherent shyness of these animals. The simplest place for takingbird pictures is at, or near, bird-baths or bird food-houses, where the shutter ofthe camera will be closed electrically by the bird itself. The necessary prelim-inary apparatus is simple and the r
RM2CP2N56–. Ornithologie de la Savoie, ou, Histoire des oiseaux : qui vivent en Savoie a l'état sauvage soit constamment, soit passagèrement .
RM2CPJGA3–. Bird lore . tter than two ormore on the same pole, is because it is veryprobable that after one pair of Martins hasbegun building, Sparrows will take posses-sion of the other boxes, and by our interfer-ence we should seriously disturb the Martins,already building or laying. Martins boxes should be at least 8x8inches inside and six inches high, with adouble roof, one parallel with the floorto keep the box closed and dark, the otherslanting and projecting several inches overthe three- inch-wide porch in front of the entrance. This second roof is important,as without it the heat in the box beco
RM2CP3TWX–. Bird lore . birds observed struckme with surprise. It was surmised that theyhad succumbed to the adversity of theweather after their arrival, but proof waslacking until reports came in, showing thatthey had starved and frozen to death in theirretreats Mr. Julius T. Volkman found onApril 29, within ten minutes walk of hishouse in Webster Groves, a suburb of St.Louis, eight dead Bluebirds in one tree hole,six in another, and nine in a hollow tele-phone post. They were mostly females.There can now be but little doubt that thesame fate befell the majority of Bluebirds in all parts of the state,
RM2CP7W02–. Bird lore . .[AMERICAN GOLDFINCH ENTANGLED IN BURDOCK Photograph by B. S. Bowdish. - / <? OS - SNOWFLAKEOrder—Passeres Family—Fringillid/e Genus—Passerina Species--Nivalis (one-half natural size) THE SNOWFLAKE By MABEL OSGOOD WRIGHT W$t /Rational &00octatiott of auoubon Qotittie* EDUCATIONAL LEAFLET NO. 30 No matter what the weather may have been in December and January,February is sure to be a month wherein winter rings all the changes fromsoft days, rain, sleet storms to deep, trackless, obliterating snows. If the winterhas been clement and open at the beginning, the insect-eating, resi
RM2CNFNY7–. Bird lore . ee, Robert M 10 00 Parsons, Mrs. J. D., Jr 100 00 Patton, Mrs. Margaret S. . 5 00 Peck, Mrs. E. S i 00 Peters, Mrs. Edward M. . . 5 00 Poole, Grace H 1 00 Rhoads, S. N i 50 Richards, Mrs. L. S .5 00 Righter, William S 5 00 Robb, Mrs. Alexander .... S 00 Rothermel, John J i 00 Sexton, Mrs. Edward B. . S 00 Shoemaker, Henry W 10 00 Simpson, Jean W S 00 Smith, A. Marguerite .... 5 00 Smith, Charles E 3 00 Spachman, Emily S 2 00 Spalter, Mrs. F. B i 50 Sturgis, F. K 5 00 Thomas, Emily Hinds .... 10 00 Timmerman, Edith E 15° Tod, J. Kennedy 25 00 Toussaint, Mrs. L. H 2 00 Tower, Elle
RM2CNDHWM–. Bird lore . CAMERA SHOWING ATTACHMENT OF ELECTRICAL RELEASE ■•^^ ^ K ■* >«S^-S^ ♦ ^^^^^^i ^^^^ • fr^rtS ^^^^sJl ^SfeiM ,^ * wJJ ^- ^■^ v^^^^ ^^ ^#*-^ (Mk- Ju-:* ^^I^HI 1 ■^^-;- -•;>.::. ■Hi A CAMERA BOX PLACED ON TOP OF AN OAK; A PHOTOGRAPHIC TRAP FOR HAWKSAND OTHER HIGH PERCHING BIRDS OF THE OPEN (86)
RM2CNF5EX–. Bird lore . Bird Houses as Christmas PresentsShop Early Huy these three and-<:t ahead of New^ ork landlords byletting them for amere song. Three—Robin, Wren andBluebird for $5.00 and post charges;weight 9 lbs. Crescent Spar-row Trap, 18 X 18, weight8 lbs., price 5s-00 and parcelpost charges. stop in and visit our Shop— Stand in charge of Scout WooiUy on Boulevard, CRESCENT CO. BirdvilIe,Toms River P.O., New Jersey
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RM2CPCRG9–. Bird lore . cretary. Los Angeles (Cal.) Audubon Society.—The Los Angeles Audubon Societyhas had a remarkable year in growth and work accomplished. We have reached the long-striven-for one hundred membership mark andgone beyond it. We responded to the call of the Los Angeles Municipal Play-ground Camps by sending Miss Helen Pratt, one of our members, as nature-guide and bird-teacher to Seeley Flats and Radford Camp, both in the SanBernardino Mountains. We have successfully inaugurated and carried througha two-days Audubon exhibit, with lectures, at the public library of our city,with an atten
RM2CND6RY–. Bird lore . hers, stands inthe midst of cultivated fields.This is largely an experiment,and is as yet too young to showresults. Most of the others areeither under partial or entireshade, or else along the edgesbetween woods and fields, suchas that shown in the picture.It should be noted that allnests are thrown down eachautumn from the whorls, aswell as from the boxes. The matters of feeding andof control of enemies were givenless attention by the writerthan they deserved, chiefly be-cause of lack of time. Thewinter feeding arrangementsat Seebach have already beenbriefly referred to, and are
RM2CP7RT4–. Bird lore . not beenkilled; nor have turkeys hens been killed,leaving broods of young to die. Ive alsoexercised much care in issuing huntingpermits to outsiders. As a protection tothe fish, guards are employed, who patrolthe streams and admit no one unlesshe presents a permit. These regulationshave been operative for four years, andthe increase in game and fish is simplywonderful. No effort is made to protectthose wild animals that are a menace toflocks and herds; and, as for such birds asare not edible, they are never disturbed. Qualifications Necessary for a GameWarden One of the recommend
RM2CNHNWM–. Bird lore . They are noisy birds at this season and some of their criesare second only to those of the Bittern in strength and grotesqueness.One of their commonest vocal performances is a loud and prolonged outcry consisting of a succession of hen-like cucks,given rather slowly and at nearly regular inter-vals, and frequently ending with a harsh, drawlingkee-ar-r, kree-ar-r. They have other calls sonumerous, complex and variable that is is difficultto describe them briefly and at the same time ade-quately. Sometimes they give four or five loud,harsh screams very like those of a hen in theclu
RM2CPG9JM–. Journal für Ornithologie . la. Prodotiscus regulus Sund. Steinzeiclin. v. O. Kleinschmidt. Buntdruck v. Fr. Eugen Köhler. ,3 c8 CS. p< r^ c5 s Ü (• CO 03 S X ■8 w c CZ3 1*3 • TS:fS § 2 b£ o 0 © S5 p s-l C^3 •ö cö fcß 1 5 a ■4-9 ^ 53 ÖS s oo o S-i NA fl O) tg § :0 p—1 s .^H t2 1 CO B 03 c3CO co SZ c o
RM2CNFT0C–. Bird lore . ir lighthouses,including St. Catherines, on the Isle ofWight, and the Caskets, in the EngHshChannel. With a view to satisfying myself ofthe merit of such devices, I decided tospend a night at St. Catherines light. On account of the destructionwrought on much government propertyby the militant suffragettes, the Elder Brethren, who have charge of all theBritish lighthouses, found it necessary to issue strict orders to all lighthousekeepers to prevent all visitors from trespassing on any lighthouse property,without a written permit. I therefore made a trip to London and called on th
RM2CPDRBA–. Journal für Ornithologie . IX. 3at)rj9attj9: 1861. i colorirten und 1 schwarzen Tafel. Cassel, iset. Druck und Verlag von Theodor Fischer. LONDON, ÜOilliams % Dstgatc, 14, !^cnrictta Strctt, Caoentgartrn. ^. flaitlierc, ncgcnt-SIr. 219. Srübner & Com)). 60^ flatccnaslct-Iioii). PARIS, a. iTrandi, rnc niit)elicu, 67.Z.-H. flaiUicrc, f^autcfcuillc 19.Libr. d. laead. nat.de mtdec. NEW-YORK, 0. USestermann & Co.<Bf. flaillicrc, iSroofinioi),. Ausgegehen am 15. Juli 1862. Vom X. Jfahrgang {MSB»} ist das J.-3. Uefierschienen. 4ir Beiträgeznr Ornithologie Nord-Ost-Afrikas. Von Dr. Tb. V- Heuglin
RM2CNFE4W–. Bird lore . rs him conspicuous as a foreigner in his civilized environment,and induces the immediate appellation of Wild Duck from every one whosees him. The elevating influence that unspoiled Nature exerts over our livesis manifest in the charm that attracts hundreds of park visitors toward the littlewild Merganser, and causes them to stop and gaze with admiration upon hisbeauty. He so far overshadows his humble domestic relatives in character thatthey are entirely ignored while in his presence. Such is the charm of the wilder-ness which envelopes every wild being, radiating its message wit
RM2CPJF44–. Bird lore . s already time to begin to prepare these dwellings, and, as Mrs.Wright tells us, the sooner we place them out of doors the sooner will theybegin to look as though they be-longed there. In the next issue ofBird-Lore we will give a plan forthe study of Bird Tenants, and atthe same time make some sugges-tions which we are sure will interestour young observers. The first prize for the letters on Feeding Birds in Winter was wonby Miss Emily N. Hoxie, whosearticle is published below. Feeding Birds in Winter By EMILY N. HOXIE, Peace Dale, R. I. Last winter we put out suet inthe trees fo
RM2CP53P9–. Bird lore . ease. The cartoonist of theColumbus Dispatch tells this story tersely. The experiment has succeededso far, said a Cleveland Audubon member, and the peeved pessimists areawfully disappointed. Ohio educators have taken earnest notice of the nation-wide question,Whats wrong with our schools? Many have answered, Too many frills andfads, for one thing, are being forced upon the attention of the children.Some educators did not distinguish between the helpful and the useless sup-plementary subjects, and moved to rule out about everything not in theircurriculum. This move discouraged pro
RM2CND3EP–. Bird lore . 1. White-winged Junco 3. Slate-colored Junco, Adult female 2. Slate-colored Junco, Adult male 4. Slate-colored Junco, Im. female, winter 5. Oregon Junco(One-half Natural Size) 2^irti=1tore A BI-MONTHLY MAGAZINE DKVOTED TO THE STUDY AND PROTECTION OF BIRDS Official Organ of The Audueon Societies Vol. XVI November—December, 1914 No. 6 Bird Life in Southern IllinoisI. Bird Haven* By ROBERT RIDGWAYWith photographs by the Author. I N October, 1906, the property which Mrs.Ridgway and I have named Bird Havenwas purchased in fulfilment of a long-cherished desire to possess a home in the
RM2CNG1GE–. Bird lore . thing else wanted in the line ofAudubon work or recreation. Cash must accompanyeach order Parts I, II, III, V, and VI, of Ridgways Birds of Centraland North America Unbound, offered for cash tohighest bidder. Address : II West Concord AvenueKANSAS CITY, MO. For Sale BIRD-LORE, Vol. V, No. 6; Vols.VI, VII, VIII, XI, XII, XIII,XIV, XV, complete; Vol. XVI, Nos.I and 2. American OrnithologyBird Magazine, Vols. Ill, IV, V,complete; Vol. VI, seven num-bers. Price, I25. MRS. GEO. L MASON North Orange, Mass. Two Cents WfllBuy a Birds Portrait like that in this magazine. Itwill be sent to
RM2CP7FEH–. Bird lore . ne 3. The 411 classes were scattered through 138 towns and every county inthe State. Newark led wdth 54 classes; Bayonne was next with 19; PerthAmboy had 17; Montclair, 16; Vineland, 12 and Woodbury, 11. Other townsranged from i to 8. Bergen County furnished the greatest number of townsin which classes were organized—18. The enthusiasm of both teachers andpupils was abundantly attested by many letters received from teachers. The annual Montclair epidemic of Blackbirds and Starlings, with theattendant newspaper discussions, appeared on time. The Fish and GameCommission handled the
RM2CNHN27–. Audubon . they more thanfilled. On this date the birds were under observation by Mr. Coleman, thephotographer, from 2 to about 4 p.m. From 2 to 3.45 p.m. neither of theparents was seen. During this period the fledglings constantly tried theirwings, and at 3.30 one of the young left the nest and flew about in the large (131) 132 Bird - Lore oak tree in which its home was built. Fifteen minutes later the other youngbird flew from the nest to a neighboring limb and thence to some nearbyflowers from which it fed—a remarkable demonstration of inherited habit.At this time the mother appeared and f
RM2CNWB45–. Bird lore . ^ Whether the mother bird, too, was car-ried off is not known. She was not again seen about the place. The art of the bird in the new site was at fault in more than onerespect; the moss that served to conceal her nest upon the gray mossyrock only emphasized it and made it conspicuous upon the new yellowtimber.. ^jcvyn
RM2CPE2RC–. Bird lore . AT THE PERMANENT FEEDING-STATIONS MUCH CAN BE LEARNED OF THE HABITS OF THE DIFFERENT BIRDS This photograph shows the intimidation display of the White-breasted Nuthatch Bird - Lore.
RM2CNFBFP–. Bird lore . upward at the same time that the lower mandibleis moved in the opposite direction, so that the angle made by the opening ofthe beak to receive a mouthful is obtuse in the extreme. I am sorry that the unwillingness of the Great Horned Owl to forego anoccasional chicken or roosting Grouse has brought his more beneficial congenersinto disrepute with the farmer and the gamekeeper. The blood of a chicken,crying to them from the ground, is of more value in their sight than the secretsepulture of a thousand rats, and in their haste they exclaim with the psalmist,There is none that doeth
RM2CNHEK2–. Audubon . BALTIMORE ORIOLE, IMM.vrrm: FEMALE 2?trb=Hore A BI-MONTHLY MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO THE STUDY AND PROTECTION OF BIRDS Official Organ of The Audubon Societies Vol. XXIV November—December, 1922 No. 6 The Trailer-Blind de Luxe By GUY A. BAILEYWith Photographs by the Author OXCE upon a time I sat on a cake of ice for hours with the thermometerhovering around zero waiting for Ducks to come in near an improvisedblind of canvas to feed upon some corn that had been dropped in thewater near the shore. These Ducks were Redheads, Canvasbacks and Scaups.They sat out in the lake apparently afraid of
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RM2CNE0W1–. Bird lore . where morethan three or four feet above ordinary high tide. 2. Caroline Cut Island.—This small island is a portion of Isle Derniere.It is not named separately on the government charts. It lies west of a pass known,locally as Carolines Cut. 236 Bird - Lore I visited this island June 3 and June 20. At the time of the second visit,Black Skimmers had begun to nest freely. There were about 750 of these birdson or about this island. Over 200 nests were found. No other birds were foundnesting here, although 150 Royal Terns, 200 White Pelicans and 300 BrownPelicans were seen. The extent
RM2CNHRYE–. Bird lore . lytwo or three nests of the species haveever been found, although, within ayear, Mr. A. W. Anthony, of orni-thological fame, and three or four M ■;& Jkt M --.*. * ., .■ -: . .-. ■ .1? - .■ «! ■or :*: - y^H f kj^flH VfwJnj$t ■ mjBK,< r^- I .mi***** The Western Evening Grosbeak 11 other persons, have discovered what seem to be some of the Grosbeaksummer homes in the Cascade and Coast Range Mountains. What these birds, unafraid, do in their familiar relations with humanbeings is at the same time a sad revelation of our wrong attitude towardbird-life in general and a beautifu
RM2CP75RG–. Bird lore . tion. The next morning Ireached the nest by 6 oclock,certain that great changeshad taken place overnight.As I approached the nest, theyoung bird hopped out of hisown accord. I was much sur-prised to see that there hadbeen no apparent change in the birds plumage.. I took another picture never-theless, and, as the young bird refused to go back to the nest, left it perching ona convenient twig. At 9 oclock that morning I visited the nest again, with twofriends, who wished to get pictures of the bird. We soon found him near whereI had placed him!, though not on the same twig. The fea
RM2CP4EY3–. Ornithologie de la Savoie, ou, Histoire des oiseaux : qui vivent en Savoie a l'état sauvage soit constamment, soit passagèrement .
RM2CP30W5–. Journal für Ornithologie . ORNITHOLOGIE. w EIN CENTRALORGAN für dieSesainmte Ornithologie. Zugleichals Fortsetzsang der Zeitschrirt Nanmannia. In Verbindung- mitDr. B. Ältum, F. W. Baedeker, Prof. Dr. J. H. Blasins, Justitiar F. Boie, Dr. e. Bolle, St.-Rath Acadera. Prof. Dr. Brandt in Petersburg, Pastor Dr.Ch. L. Brehm, Prof. Dr. H. Burmeister in Buenos-Ayres, Rittergutsbesitzer Eugen von Homeyer, Pr.-Lieut. Alexander von Homeyer, Dr. G. Hartlaub, Professor Dr. J. Kaup, Kammerherr Baron R. V. Könlg-Warthausen, Pfarrer W. PaeSSler, Hof-Rath Prof. Dr. L. Reichenbach, Prof. Dr. H. Schlegel in
RM2CPDG3N–. Bird lore . YOUNG SCREECH OWLSPhotographed by C. W. Leister, Ithaca, N. Y. Bird Neighbors By MRS. HARVEY C. PERRY. Westerly, R. I.. I WHERE FLICKERS LIVED T is much easier to have bird neigh-bors than many of us suspect beforewe have tried it, and one of the bestways to succeed is to follow the advicegiven in a little book, Methods ofAttracting Birds,by Gilbert H. Trafton.It is not necessary to follow his directionsto the letter or to spend much money, asone springs experience in this NewEngland town has proven. Here we havehad trees and nesting-boxes on all sidesinhabited, each with its app
RM2CNFRX5–. Bird lore . A May Morning BY FRED. H. KENNARD rHERE is a bird pasture, as I call it, about a half hoursride from Boston, and thither I went on May 30, 1898,^ to see if I could find the nest of a White-eyed Vireo that I had often hunted for in years gone by, butnever yet succeeded in finding. This bird pasture, on one side of which runs theroad, consists of eight or ten acres of old, wet pas-ture land on a hillside surrounded on two othersides by fields and an orchard, and immediatelyabove a marsh in which the sedges and grasses growluxuriantly, and which is bordered by alders, birches and ot
RM2CNHTKR–. Audubon . 3. ON GUARD THREE VIEWS OF THE YELLOW WARBLER By Albert D. McGrew, Pittsburgh, Pa. (199) My Neighbors, the Nighthawks By S. R. MILLSWith Photographs bj the Author DURING the month of June, 1919, I was especially interested in a pairof Nighthawks which frequented the neighborhood of my home(Kingston, Ontario, Canada). From the garden I could watch thesebirds on their incessant sky-hunt for insects, each selecting its section of theupper air apart from the other. There was a peculiar fascination in watchingone of them climb so high in little ascending jerks, then to see him side-slip
RM2CPKC7D–. Bird lore . HEATH HEN BOOMINGEnlarged and retouched (352) The Present Status of the Heath Hen 353 In the summer of iqio and winter of iqio and 1911 there was a notabledecrease in the birds. Numerous skeletons were found, some plainly indica-ting the work of Hawks, others of cats, and some were without obvious clueto the source of their destruction, so that in June, 1911, probably not more
RM2CP5378–. Bird lore . VIEW FROM FRONT PORCH OF NEW HEADWATERS, AMSTON, CONN.Photographed by Herbert E. Job Reports of Field Agents 417. BANDED FEMALE OSPREY AT NEST, GARDINERS ISLAND, N. Y.From new Audubon film Feathered Camp Intimates. Photographed by Herbert K. Job Since our first publications in applied ornithology, funds have been lackingfor publishing the results of our later experimental research work, but it isnow probable that further needed publication can be made in the near future.Class instruction work at Amston was not resumed this season, owing tothe pressure of other work there, and the
RM2CP9B6C–. Ornithologie de la Savoie, ou, Histoire des oiseaux : qui vivent en Savoie a l'état sauvage soit constamment, soit passagèrement . Lit! Pî Pétrin. Lifcr.E dit à Cbi ï.rrù>*,ry. CorLeau ^yeuxf mâle aduïïe jfsgï.nat; P.99.2 » a Fête de jeune de lannée,•fâgï.rtAt. 3;/i Œîi/f de /espace; or. ri a/ 5 Corbeau C li ouca s, jeune mâle;^ or./////, P.lO/i .T» /#/// //<« lespèce;gï. //«y/. J.Wei-rter dslebLitL DE LA SAVOIE. 99 gne jamais de recourir , pour vivre dans lestemps de disette, aux cadavres de reptiles ou depoissons, ni même à ceux des animaux domestiquesquon jette à la voirie dans le
RM2CPJH12–. Bird lore . d be avoided, ifyou wish to deprive yourneighbors cats of an occa-sional feast on Martin flesh.The tools necessary for con-structing this box are ordi-nary carpenters savy andhammer, a brace and ^-inch bit for starting theopenings to the rooms, anda compass-saw for enlargingand squaring the same. For constructing more elaborate bird-houses,other wood-working tools will be needed and a work-bench with a strongvise is desirable. Two designs are selected from photographs of bird-houses I have built, and the floor and roof plansare given to aid those whowish to build elaboratehouses.
RM2CPDYY9–. Bird lore . that we had a chance to photographthis nest and this, perhaps, caused the bird to stick closer. I set up my umbrellablind and my camera at a distance without disturbing her, and, getting inside, The Warblers of Central New York 85 I lifted the whole thing and lumbered slowly down the path to within sixfeet of the nest. She would have let me come closer but the nest was on a sidehill and this was as close as I could get and still view the nest. Apparently shewas accustomed to having cows grazing about her, for she paid no attention toany of the sounds coming from the blind. After
RM2CP916P–. Ornithologie de la Savoie, ou, Histoire des oiseaux : qui vivent en Savoie a l'état sauvage soit constamment, soit passagèrement . i.-%S;..; ■ • , * : , .... » ;?.
RM2CNHR97–. Audubon . it part of theirlives. Suppose, for example, one decidesto study the migration of birds. Do notwait until the birds begin to come back inthe spring, begin now. Start the bird cal-ender with the winter birds. Many ofthem are migratory and are merely spend-ing the winter with us. It is a good lessonto find out which they are. The bird cal-endar will make more than one good draw-ing lesson. Refer to the March-April Bird-Lore of 1920 for ideas as to the makingof the calendar and information aboutthe migration of birds. Get out your birdbooks and look up the nesting range of the Snow Bu
RM2CPK6HC–. Bird lore . other ways. We are sorry to report the loss of a number of our members throughremoval from the city and other causes, but glad to report that, in spite ofthese losses, our membership is decidedly larger than it was a year ago.—Helen P. Childs, Secretary. Florida.—The year may well be felt to be one of congratulation to allinterested in bird-protection. Not only in Florida have new laws beenpassed for our benefit, but the federal laws relative to migratory birds andnon-importation of bird plumage will appreciably and favorably affect ourstate. The creation by our last Legislature
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