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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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and Swans on the coast of Virginia,taken on a trip for the U. S. Bureau of Biological Survey, in March, 1917; alarge Tern colony on an island off the coast of Connecticut; a DuckHawk feeding its young on a precipice; also a considerable series showingwork with wild Ducks, Quail, and small birds using nesting-boxes atAmston. Considerable time and hard work have been given to the establishment anddevelopment of the new Bird Experiment Station of the Association at Amston,Conn., mentioned in the last report. The fencing in of the water-fowl pondand swamp and the building of the aquatic house, under supervision of thisDepartment, were completed late last autumn. During the ensuing winter andspring careful search resulted in the acquisition of breeding-stocks of fifteenspecies of water-fowl, namely, Canvasback, Redhead, Ring-necked Duck,Greater and Lesser Scaups, Black Duck, Wood Duck, wild Mallard, Pintail,Baldpate, Gadwall, Blue-winged and Green-winged Teals, Mandarin Duck, 424 Bird-Lore
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WILD DUCKS AT AQUATIC WINTERING-HOUSE, AMSTON BIRD SANCTUARY AND EXPERIMENT FARM. and Coot. The aquatic liouse proved ideal for the wintering of all Ducks,even the most susceptible to cold, such as the Blue-winged Teal. With out-side temperature down to 15 degrees below zero, and with no artificial heat,the water of the swimming-pool never even skimmed over, and the Ducks camethrough the winter in fine condition. Newly captured wild Ducks, as most ofthese were, do not breed the first season under restraint. Ours had a goodsummer in the pond and swamp, and are now in good shape for the progress ofthe experiment. The Wood Ducks, however, reared in captivity, all laid eggs,and some young were raised. Experimental work on a small initial scale was carried out with three kindsof Quail. The eggs of the Scaled or Blue Quail proved infertile, but broods ofBob-whites and of California Quail were reared to maturity. Late in Septemberthese began to leave the rearing-field, and are now, in Octobe

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