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FAMILIAR
STUDIES OF
WILD BIRDS
THEIR
HAUNTS AND HABITS
F.
N. WHITMAN
WITH
MANY PHOTOGRAPHS BY THE AUTHOR
BOSTON
RICHARD
G. BADGER
THE
GORHAM PRESS
COPYRIGHT,
1920, BY RICHARD G. BADGER
Made
in the United States of America
The
Gorham Press, Boston, U. S. A.
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THE
FEMALE PARKMAN'S WREN RETURNING TO THE NEST.
CRAWLING UP THE JAGGED
TRUNK SHE WOULD SLIP BEHIND THE BARK ONTO HER NEST,
OFTEN WITHOUT A
PAUSE
A REMINDER
THE
real haven of the naturalist is out in the fields and woods of the
country. But for those city people, who do not find the country
within their immediate reach, the city park offers a great deal more
than may be thought, in the way of material for nature study.
On
an early spring morning, the parks of many of our large cities
literally swarm with migrating birds. A wide range of species, to a
hundred, or even more, may be counted on a single morning, if one
rises early and is sharp-sighted. The observer must also have a fair
knowledge of the commoner species of birds, or identify them by means
of field glasses and guide book.
Every
true naturalist or bird lover counts it more or less of an epoch in
the spring, when certain of the birds first appear. For instance, the
morning when he first sees a bluebird carries a certain spring token
which is cherished keenly. Likewise with the first swallow,
meadowlark, etc. Each stirs its particular feeling in the bird lover
and has its special meaning to him in the consummation of spring.
Whether he be in the country or city, the same token will be brought
to him, and spring will not pass without imparting its message.
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CONTENTS
A
FAMILY
OF CEDAR WAX-WINGS
THE
BRONZED GRACKLE
BROAD-TAILED
HUMMING BIRDS
BREWER'S
BLACKBIRDS
PARKMAN'S
WREN
THE
COMMON TERN
YELLOW
WARBLERS
A
FAMILY
OF TREE-SWALLOWS
THE
MOURNING DOVE
THE
GREAT HORNED OWL
A
KINGBIRD FAMILY
NOTES
FROM THE INDIANA SAND DUNES
PHOTOGRAPHING
BIRDS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
THE
FEMALE PARKMAN'S WREN RETURNING TO NEST
WAXWING
CARRYING SEVERAL BERRIES IN THROAT
WAXWING
ABOUT TO REGURGITATE A BERRY
A
WAXWING IN A GRACEFUL POSE
A
WAXWING FAMILY
FIVE
YOUNG WAXWINGS SOON AFTER LEAVING THE NEST
WAXWINGS
AGAINST THE LIGHT
GRACKLE
HOMEWARD BOUND WITH A MORSEL
A
MALE
BRONZED GRACKLE PICKING UP FOOD
A
FEMALE
GRACKLE
BRONZED
GRACKLE SINGING
THE
BROAD-TAILED HUMMING-BIRD ON NEST
THE
NEST
OF A BROAD-TAILED HUMMING-BIRD
HUMMING-BIRD
SHIELDING THE EGGS
NEWLY
HATCHED HUMMERS
YOUNG
HUMMERS ELEVEN DAYS OLD
THE
MALE
BREWER INSPECTING THE NEST
FEMALE
BREWER BLACK-BIRD
BREWER
BLACK-BIRD REMOVING FOOD FROM BILL OF YOUNG
FEMALE
PARKMAN'S WREN INVESTIGATING NOISE.
BARK
REMOVED TO SHOW INCUBATING WREN
THE
NEST
OF THE PARKMAN'S WREN WITH SIX EGGS
THE
YOUNG WRENS SOON AFTER HATCHING
A
CHARACTERISTIC POSE OF THE PARKMAN'S WREN
TERN,
AT
NEST
TERN
GRACEFULLY FOLDING ITS WINGS
A
TERN'S
NEST AT THE EDGE OF SALT-WATER GRASS
THE
TERNS' NESTS ARE MERE DEPRESSIONS
TERN
POSED TO SHOW THE GRACEFUL NECK
A
YOUNG
TERN AT THE STAGE WHEN THEY LEARN TO FLY
A
TERN'S
NEST IN THE SEAWEED WITH EGGS
YOUNG
TERNS ARE GOOD EXAMPLES OF PROTECTIVE COLORING
YOUNG
TERNS SQUATTING AMONG THE ROCKS
TERN
SWIMMING IN THE WATER
TERNS
RESTING AND FLYING ABOUT ROCKS
YELLOW
WARBLER ENTERING NEST
NEST
OF
WARBLER ABOUT TWO FEET FROM THE GROUND
YELLOW
WARBLER ON NEST
YOUNG
WARBLERS EIGHT DAYS OLD
BUSH
WILLOWS ALONG A WINDING CREEK
TREES
TO
WHICH CAMERA WAS CLAMPED
SWALLOW
RETURNING TO THE NEST
YOUNG
SWALLOW WITHIN HOLE BEGGING FOR FOOD
YOUNG
SWALLOWS
BACK
VIEW OF YOUNG SWALLOWS
SWALLOW
CLEANING THE NEST
THREE
YOUNG SWALLOWS AND AN ADULT FLYING
MOURNING
DOVE ON NEST ON A SLOPING LOG
MOURNING
DOVE'S NEST IN THE SHOOTS
YOUNG
MOURNING DOVE
THE
GREAT HORNED OWL LEAVING ITS NEST
YOUNG
OWLS ABOUT TEN DAYS OLD
YOUNG
HORNED OWLS ABOUT Two WEEKS OLD
YOUNG
OWLS AT THREE WEEKS
YOUNG
OWLS AT FOUR WEEKS
KINGBIRD
THRUSTING FOOD DOWN THROAT OF HUNGRY YOUNG
KINGBIRD
FEEDING YOUNG
PARENT
KINGBIRD THRUSTS FOOD DOWN FORCEFULLY
AFTER
FEEDING THE YOUNG, PARENT KINGBIRD WIPES ITS BEAK
KINGBIRD
READY TO LEAVE
YOUNG
KINGBIRDS
A
GOOD
PORTRAIT OF AN ADULT KINGBIRD
THE
CATBIRD
A
YOUNG
WOOD THRUSH JUST AFTER LEAVING THE NEST
WESTERN
CHIPPING SPARROW ENTERING NEST
WESTERN
CHIPPING SPARROW SETTLING ON NEST
NEST
OF
LEAST FLYCATCHER
LEAST
FLYCATCHER SHOWING FEATHERS ON THE HEAD
LEAST
FLYCATCHER AT NEST
YOUNG
MARSH HAWKS
A
BROWN
THRASHER
THE
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