. Michigan bird life : a list of all the bird species known to occur in the State together with an outline of their classification and an account of the life history of each species, with special reference to its relation to agriculture ... . a-^.. Plate LIII. Chewink. from Chapmans Bird Life. By courtesy of D. Appleton & Co. LAND BIRDS. 529 The bird is well known everywhere as a constant inhabitant of brush andopen woods, being especially abundant along the margins of woodlandsadjoining recently cleared areas. It is one of the commonest of roadsidebirds and one can hardly drive
. Michigan bird life : a list of all the bird species known to occur in the State together with an outline of their classification and an account of the life history of each species, with special reference to its relation to agriculture ... . a-^.. Plate LIII. Chewink. from Chapmans Bird Life. By courtesy of D. Appleton & Co. LAND BIRDS. 529 The bird is well known everywhere as a constant inhabitant of brush andopen woods, being especially abundant along the margins of woodlandsadjoining recently cleared areas. It is one of the commonest of roadsidebirds and one can hardly drive a mile along a country road anywhere inthe Lower Peninsula without seeing several. It spends most of its timeon the ground, searching for food, where it scratches like a chicken andmakes as much noise as a Brown Thrasher or a squirrel. Its food consists mainly of seeds and insects, though it is fond of wildfruits and eats almost everything, from strawberries and blackberries towild cherries and grapes. It has never been known to damage cultivatedfruits or cause loss of any kind to the farmer. Owing to the nature of itshaunts it perhaps is not actively beneficial, though it probably does itsshare in keeping injurious insects in check. I
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