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Title: The Audubon annual bulletin
Identifier: audubonannualb191623illi (find matches)
Year: 1938 (1930s)
Authors: Illinois Audubon Society
Subjects: Birds; Birds
Publisher: (Chicago, Ill. ) : The Society
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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40 THE AUDUBON BULLETIN
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least tap had been made on the house itself. My curiosity becoming further aroused I secured a ladder and found on investigation bits of oak bark and acorns pushed through the small entrance. From this time on we gave. the feathered beauty considerable atten- tion and found he was filling both hous- es and had the openings sealed with grass and mud. He stayed with us the entire winter coming often to sit upon the porch of the wren houses bathed in the winter's sun, but made no attempt to disturb his treasure, probably due to the fact that the winter was an open one and very little snow and to the fact that we provided a feeding place for such as desired to partake. This spring when Mr. Woodpecker seemed to have forgotten his treas- ure house and it was time to prepare for possible tenants I took down both houses, after photographing them in position, and found store or food provided by the bird. The contents of each house weighed a trifle over 12% ounces and contained 201 and 203 pieces of bark and acorns respectively, the acorns being quite dry due to the bark. Many folks to whom we related the incidents said it was the work of a squirrel but eye witnesses of several of the family easily disproved this as we would from time to time see Mr. Woodpecker bring some of his treasure and put it into the house then perched there continue pecking and hammering away until he had by repeated trips completely filled the houses as I discovered upon opening them in the spring. I gave one of the houses to the Boy Boy Scouts Head- quarters of this city for its bird exhibit and still retain the other although it has made several trips to various school rooms as an interesting lesson to the children of the provision the bird makes for an emergency (its thrift being in the

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