. Bird-lore . ned to like the comfortable bird-housesand Berlepsch logs placed for their especialbenefit by the side of young apple andpear orchards, plentifully supplied withfield mice (this latter provision not inten-tional however) for the sustenance of alarge, rapidly growing family as shownby the accompanying photograph. Since nearly 400 acres of Stuart Acresare devoted to young fruit-trees, the valueof the Screech Owl as an orchard assistantis fully recognized, as examination of theowl nesting-boxes invariably shows the much looking, I discovered the tiny nest,saddled on a lower bough of
. Bird-lore . ned to like the comfortable bird-housesand Berlepsch logs placed for their especialbenefit by the side of young apple andpear orchards, plentifully supplied withfield mice (this latter provision not inten-tional however) for the sustenance of alarge, rapidly growing family as shownby the accompanying photograph. Since nearly 400 acres of Stuart Acresare devoted to young fruit-trees, the valueof the Screech Owl as an orchard assistantis fully recognized, as examination of theowl nesting-boxes invariably shows the much looking, I discovered the tiny nest,saddled on a lower bough of a livinghemlock. She was evidently setting, andwould remain motionless for a moment onher eggs. The nest was too high to peerinto, but later in the season the emptynest was secured. A nest discovered June 9, in the pile ofold wood and debris at the foot of thecascade which descends some 150 feetover the rocky bed of the mountain brookin the western gulf, was again investi-gated. The sitting bird was flushed a. A FINE LINE OPhotographed by remains of countless mice and other smallrodents destructive to young fruit-trees. The photograph here shown was takenMay 15, 1919 in a young apple bird-house of the Berlepsch log typehas been occupied for several years byScreech Owls.—F. A. Stuart, Mar-shall, Mick. Bird Notes from the Lake GeorgeRegion While gathering mosses from the waterin the head gulf in the deep wild-woodedravine at the southern base of PeakedMountain, in the lower Adirondacks, June16, 1918, my attention was attracted tothe whirring of the wings of the Ruby-throated Hummingbird, and, without F s( ki:i:(:h Dr. VV. H. Rowland week ago and went ofT with drooping wingSifeigning to be injured. The nest, placedin a little secluded nook in the debris neara larger stick, contained five creamy whitespotted eggs. The nest was loosely madeof old leaves, pine needles, and young birds replaced the eggs, andin a minute or two the parent birds cameabo
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