Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 2, No. 6
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Various. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 2, No. 6
THE ORNITHOLOGICAL CONGRESS
THE MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD
THE ENGLISH SPARROW
THE ENGLISH SPARROW
ALLEN’S HUMMING BIRD
THE GREEN-WINGED TEAL
THE GREEN-WINGED TEAL
THE BLACK GROUSE
THE AMERICAN FLAMINGO
THE BIRDS OF BETHLEHEM
THE BIRD’S STORY
THE VERDIN
THE BRONZED GRACKLE
THE BRONZED GRACKLE
THE RING-NECKED PHEASANT
BIRD MISCELLANY
THE YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
THE YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
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IN an early number of Birds we presented a picture of the common Bluebird, which has been much admired. The mountain Bluebird, whose beauty is thought to excel that of his cousin, is probably known to few of our readers who live east of the Rocky Mountain region, though he is a common winter sojourner in the western part of Kansas, beginning to arrive there the last of September, and leaving in March and April. The habits of these birds of the central regions are very similar to those of the eastern, but more wary and silent. Even their love song is said to be less loud and musical. It is a rather feeble, plaintive, monotonous warble, and their chirp and twittering notes are weak. They subsist upon the cedar berries, seeds of plants, grasshoppers, beetles, and the like, which they pick up largely upon the ground, and occasionally scratch for among the leaves. During the fall and winter they visit the plains and valleys, and are usually met with in small flocks, until the mating season.
Nests of the Mountain Bluebird have been found in New Mexico and Colorado, from the foothills to near timber line, usually in deserted Woodpecker holes, natural cavities in trees, fissures in the sides of steep rocky cliffs, and, in the settlements, in suitable locations about and in the adobe buildings. In settled portions of the west it nests in the cornice of buildings, under the eaves of porches, in the nooks and corners of barns and outhouses, and in boxes provided for its occupation. Prof. Ridgway found the Rocky Mountain Bluebird nesting in Virginia City, Nevada, in June. The nests were composed almost entirely of dry grass. In some sections, however, the inner bark of the cedar enters largely into their composition. The eggs are usually five, of a pale greenish-blue.
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I’m afraid I do. I like to have my own way. Maybe you know something about that yourself, Bobbie. When I choose a particular tree or place for myself and family to live in, I am going to have it if I have to fight for it. I do chase the other birds away then, to be sure.
Oh, no, I don’t always succeed. Once I remember a Robin got the better of me, so did a Catbird, and another time a Baltimore Oriole. When I can’t whip a bird myself I generally give a call and a whole troop of Sparrows will come to my aid. My, how we do enjoy a fuss like that!
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