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Title: Zoological Society bulletin
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: New York Zoological Society
Subjects: Zoology
Publisher: (New York) : New York Zoological Society
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Institution Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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rden Rushof the Wichita National Forest is a keen andoriginal naturalist. A life spent in the wilder-ness has given him a wonderful knowledgeof the furred and feathered creatures, whichhe applies in various useful ways. It is quite a well known fact that manybirds and animals, by some divine instinct,protect themselves from storms and betraychanges of weather some time in advance. When Mr. Rush announced that a stormwas brewing, and in twenty-four hours wewould be in the midst of darkened skies andpiercing winds, I wondered what the pre-diction was based on. When I sought the source of his propheticinformation, he declared that the owls toldhim. This I accepted with a grain of salt,until one evening as we were riding together,he remarked, Well, were going to have astorm. My manner was skeptical, for theexisting conditions indicated anything butstorms. You dont believe it do you? Juststop your horse and keep your ears wideopen, he said. Do you hear that owl? ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN
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m OLD FASHIONED FLOWER GARDENPlanting at the Eagle and Vulture Aviary. Up through the canyon floated the weird callof a great-horned owl. That means a storm,sure, he declared. It did, and the sign neverfailed. When we heard the great-horned owlhooting before the sun had set, the stormfollowed invariably. Burrowing Lizard*.—When the lizards areturned out of winter quarters into the ad-joining summer yard, their first few days aredevoted to basking in the sun or exploringevery corner in the exhilaration of release fromclose confinement. As soon as they have grown familiar withthe yard, many of the large iguanas makeburrows in the sand. These burrows are oftenquite deep, and afford a safe retreat duringthe heated summer days. The occupantsemerge only as they require food and thenret urn to their caves. As the nights growcool, the occupants of the burrows becomesluggish and retreat to greater depths. Whenit is time to round-up the lizards and returnthem to their winter quarters, the kee

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