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Identifier: birdlore161914nati (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 Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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y-four, of which the more notable are thefollowing: Mississippi Kite. One pair seen soaring overhead, during the summerof 1910. (Exact date apparently not recorded, but it must have been priorto August, as we left there July 28. These were the very last individuals of thespecies, formerly common and at times very numerous in this portion of thecountry, that I have seen.) Barn Owl. Not seen, but its peculiar cry frequently heard at night. Long-eared Owl. Not seen, but its feathers found. Chuck-wilVs-widow. Not seen, but the easily recognized call-notes of oneindividual heard regularly nearly every evening. White-crowned Sparrow. Very abundant and tuneful during the springmigration, early in May. Montana Junco. A common winter resident, in the proportion of at leastone to ten of the Slate-colored Junco. The two are very easily distinguishedin life, the pinkish sides and lighter gray head of Junco montanus being con- *May 14-16, 1908, seventy-eight species were noted during the two days.
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4i8 Bird - Lore spicuous at a considerable distance, and were often seen feeding together fromthe cottage windows. Blue Grosbeak. Nested once only on Bird Haven, and not seen there (orelsewhere) since. A family of full-grown young, with their parents, were seenin the dense growth of tall blackberries and horseweeds in the creek bottom,but I have mislaid the memorandum showing date. I think, however, it wassome time toward the end of July, 1910. Beirs Vireo. Its peculiar song occasionally heard in the thickets along thecreek. Kirtlands Warbler. A beautiful adult male, positively identified at closequarters, on the morning of May 3, 1908. I was on my way to work, and hadjust entered the woods when the bird attracted my attention. After makingthe identification certain, I returned to the cottage for my gun; but in themeantime he departed, and could not be found again. The list of birds ascertained to breed within the limits of Bird Haven isalso incomplete. I had no time to hunt for birds

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