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Identifier: birdlore151913nati (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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e ground and was focusing the camera on it, just to pass thetime away, when, to my surprise, the reflection of a Grouse appeared on theground-glass. It was running rapidly toward the camera, and, by the time Ihad loaded a plate into the camera, several Grouse were picking up the grain.The first exposure was rather a failure, as ~£t of a second was too slow to catchthe swiftly moving heads of the feeding birds. With all speed I slipped inanother plate, and set the shutter for another attempt; but, peeping throughthe sacking with which the camera was concealed, I saw that the Grousehad heard the slight noise, and, with heads raised, were searching for thecause. So I made the exposure immediately, and when the shutter clickedagain they all walked slowly away, jerking their stiff, pointed tails nervouslyup and down. That was my last chance for that day, and indeed for the season,as a thaw had set in, which uncovered some of the stubble-fields giving thebirds a fresh supply of food. (291)
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Notes on a Pair of Holboells Grebes 293 The season for shooting Grouse in Manitoba begins on October 1, and lastsfor one month. It provides a bag limit of twenty birds a day, or one hundredin a season. The Game Laws are, I believe, fairly well observed, though afew people seem to think they can shoot Grouse at any time so long as they arenot found out, saying as an excuse for doing so, If I dont shoot them, some-body else will. Prairie fires during the nesting season must destroy hundredsof nests every year, besides lessening the suitable nesting-sites. Since the ruraltelephone lines have been erected, it is no uncommon occurrence to find Grousethat have been killed by striking the wires. A few years ago I often saw the Goshawk chasing the Grouse, but I have notnoticed any of these Hawks the last few winters. I particularly rememberon one bright, still, frosty morning, hearing a peculiar noise almost like a pieceof rag being ripped in half. Looking up, I saw the cause; five Grouse wer

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