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Identifier: birdlore19nati (find matches)
Title: Bird-lore
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild Birds and Animals
Subjects: Birds -- Periodicals Birds -- Conservation Periodicals
Publisher: New York, National Association of Audubon Societies
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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f their food and ruined the prospect of anacorn crop for the winter, and then in the autumn an unprecedented flight ofGoshawks came to the island from the North and undoubtedly destroyed alarge share of the remaining birds during the winter. The superintendent, being required to patrol the entire island to enforcethe game laws, could spend only a part of his time in the actual protection ofthe Heath Hen. During a visit to the island in October, 1917, very Httleevidence was found of the rearing of young birds this year, and from all appear-ances the Heath Hen now is rapidly moving toward extinction. A few birdshave been sent to Long Island, and some to Wenham, Mass., but in neitherof these localities have they reared any young. Nevertheless, if the few re-maining birds survive, the winter conditions will be better for them on theisland than for several years. The fire has killed most of the large trees aboutthe reservation, and the resulting low growth is exactly what the birds seem to
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EDWARD HOWE FORBUSH.State Ornithologist of Massachusetts, and New England Agent for the National Association (408) Reports of Field Agents 409 thrive in. The new sprouts ha\e grown up so as to form sufficient cover;there is a good coating of dry leaves on the ground; and probably there will bea plentiful supply of food for the few birds that are left. Just now, if a first-class man can be placed in charge of the reservation and can give his entiretime to the protection and propagation of the Heath Hen, and if any birdssurvive the winter, the chances are that next summer will see a substantialincrease. Much time was spent during the summer in an examination of the Mass-achusetts colonies of sea-birds. The colonies of Terns are doing well, with theexception of those which are particularly exposed to the attacks of cats andskunks. The Least Tern, apparently, is in danger of extirpation from NewEngland. The colony formerly established on Katama Beach, near Chappa-quiddick, was fairly safe

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