Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 2, No. 2

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Various. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 2, No. 2

INTRODUCTION

BIRD SONG

THE AMERICAN OSPREY

THE AMERICAN OSPREY

THE SORA RAIL

THE SORA RAIL

THE KENTUCKY WARBLER

THE KENTUCKY WARBLER

THE RED BREASTED MERGANSER

BIRD SONG – Continued from page 41

THE YELLOW LEGS

THE SKYLARK

THE SKYLARK

WILSON’S PHALAROPE

THE EVENING GROSBEAK

THE EVENING GROSBEAK

THE TURKEY VULTURE

THE TURKEY VULTURE

TO A WATER-FOWL

GAMBEL’S PARTRIDGE

SUMMARY

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WE made several early morning excursions into the woods and fields during the month of June, and were abundantly rewarded in many ways – by beholding the gracious awakening of Nature in her various forms, kissed into renewed activity by the radiance of morn; by the sweet smelling air filled with the perfume of a multitude of opening flowers which had drunk again the dew of heaven; by the sight of flitting clouds across the bluest of skies, patching the green earth with moving shadows, and sweetest of all, by the twittering, calling, musical sounds of love and joy which came to the ear from the throats of the feathered throng. How pleasant to lie prone on one’s back on the cool grass, and gaze upward through the shady green canopy of boughs, watching the pretty manoeuvers, the joyous greetings, the lively anxieties, the graceful movements, and even the sorrowful happenings of the bird-life above us.

Listen to the variety of their tones, as manifest as the difference of form and color. What more interesting than to observe their habits, and discover their cosy nests with their beautiful eggs in the green foliage? Strange that so many persons think only of making a collection of them, robbing the nests with heartless indifference to the suffering of the parents, to say nothing of the invasion which they make of the undoubted rights the birds have from nature to protection and perpetuation.

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He then flies to some tall tree and if he has not been discovered by his enemy, the Eagle, can have a good meal for his hard work.

Look at his claws; then think of them striking a fish as they must when he plunges from on high.

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