Bird lore (1908) (14747660341) - Public domain zoological illustration

Identifier: birdlore101908nati (find matches)
Title: Bird lore
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: National Committee of the Audubon Societies of America National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild Birds and Animals National Audubon Society
Subjects: Birds Birds Ornithology
Publisher: New York City : Macmillan Co.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library



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a very agreeable musical performance which his mate scarcelyseemed to appreciate, being occupied with her plans of construction. She snubbedan advance he was about to offer her and took a position near the nest on therock ledge, while he fussed around the nest, seemed to do a little caulking andthen flew away. It was evident to me that he was not wanted. It also occurredto me that this species is not the exception; that when the female takes uponherself the whole labor of construction she prefers to do so, that her plans maynot be interfered with. The Bird that Nests in the Snow By SIDNEY S. S. STANSELL, Edmonton, Alberta THE Canada Jay has almost as many local names as the Flicker. Thosewho do not know him by the name of Canada Jay, recognize him atonce when you call him Moose Bird, Camp Robber, Whiskey John,Whiskey Jack, or Lumber Jack. When you are traveling through the woods he is almost always your constantcompanion, and when you light a camp-fire or discharge a gun, he is always
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CANADA JAY Photographed by Sidney S. S. Stansell, April 8, 1907 (8) The Bird that Nests in the Snow 9 there, should he be within hearing or seeing distance, chirping contentedlyand looking for what he may devour. I was traveling through the woods one day in early spring and fired a smallrifle, the report of which was not very loud, but almost immediately a Jay cameand lit on a small tree near by and chirped as though asking for his share ofthe game. I soon threw him a morsel and he immediately took it and flew away,probably to his nest to feed his mate—a fact which I know he does. A certain pair of Canada Jays lived all winter long in the immediate vicinityof two small cabins in a clearing. Whenever a crumb or scrap of meat wasthrown from either door they would pounce down upon it and devour it atonce, hide it in a cavity of some tree, or stow it snugly away between two branchesto be eaten later when food became scarce. These birds became quite tame. I have had them come and take fo