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Identifier: birdlore61904nati (find matches)
Title: Bird lore
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: National Committee of the Audubon Societies of America National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild Birds and Animals National Audubon Society
Subjects: Birds Birds Ornithology
Publisher: New York City : Macmillan Co.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Institution Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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YOUNG FL.-\NUNGO RETURNING TO THE NEST egg and the newly hatched chick ; the latter, in view of the comparativescarcity of food for scavenging birds in the Bahamas, find a Flamingo colonyespecially attractive, and, although I did not see them attack a youngFlamingo, the chorus of protests which arose from the parent birds when-ever a Buzzard sailed over the rookery was sufficient to arouse suspicions. The first Flamingo rookery which I visited had been destroyed by rainthree days before my arrival. The second colony discovered, and the onein which my studies were made, was also flooded, and at the time of my de-parture some nests were submerged and all were surrounded by water.Under these conditions eggs, of course, are ruined and very young chicks,like the one shown in the photograph, are doubtless drowned. Chicks overa day old can probably escape by swimming. The young Flamingo remains in the nest three or four days. Should
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THE GROWTH OF FLAMINGOS Th<- approximate ages of the birds shown in the accompanyine plate are: (i) One day; I2I one month: (?) two months; (4) four months; (;) adult. From mounted specimens in the American Museum of Natural History 196 Bird-Lore he be forced to leave it during this period he evidently can find his wayback. An accompanying photograph shows a chick climbing up into itsnest with the aid of bill and wings. This nest was within ten feet of myblind, and on my approach the chick jumped out and ran away. After Ihad concealed myself the parent returned and, apparently in response to itscalls, the young one appeared, and was soon snugly nestling beneath thematernal or paternal wing. While in the nest, the chick, as described in The Century article, isfed first by regurgitation, taking its food drop by drop from the tip of the

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