. Bird lore . oo tame tobe unworthy of my attention; I love especiallythe little Wrens. I was never so surprised in my life aswhen a companion and myself took a strollthrough a woods, and without any troublewere able to obtain the picture of an Owl,whfch seemingly sat on a tree-stump posingfor us. I hope that other bird-lovers will directtheir interest to bird-photography, as the re-sults, when good, are an everlasting pleasure.—Frieda E. Nolting, Indianapolis, Ind. [The contributor does not give the species of theOwl and Wren photographed, but apparently theyare the Screech Owl and Bewicks Wr
. Bird lore . oo tame tobe unworthy of my attention; I love especiallythe little Wrens. I was never so surprised in my life aswhen a companion and myself took a strollthrough a woods, and without any troublewere able to obtain the picture of an Owl,whfch seemingly sat on a tree-stump posingfor us. I hope that other bird-lovers will directtheir interest to bird-photography, as the re-sults, when good, are an everlasting pleasure.—Frieda E. Nolting, Indianapolis, Ind. [The contributor does not give the species of theOwl and Wren photographed, but apparently theyare the Screech Owl and Bewicks Wren. However,it is better to know a Wren simply as a Wren, andknow it well because of its family characteristicsthan to think you know the difference between aHouse and Bewicks Wren, without first being ableto distinguish the Wren cut of bill, tail and wings, form of head, motions and quality of song. Once acquainted with a Wren as a Wren, the task of deciding its specific name becomes simplified.—A. H. W.]. \ ■■:^**C5^.- YOUNG SCREECH OWL BIRDS OF THE FAR WESTI I have seen a great many birds in this eastern Oregon country—ever somany more than I expected. We started on Wednesday afternoon, June 20, and went as far as HoodRiver that evening. The birds seen that far were about the same as in Port-land. The next morning we got an early start, and motored, on a side trip, tothe Devils Punch-Bowl, a beautiful waterfall in the shape of a punch-bowl,not far from Hood River. It was here that I had the first of my interestingexperiences. Near Hood River I saw a kind of Junco that, so far, I have notbeen able to identify. A little farther along we saw several beautiful speci-mens of the Lewis Woodpecker. At the Devils Punch-Bowl in which thewater is very swift, we saw a Dipper swimming in and out. I was really alittle anxious for its safety in that swift falls, but it seemed not to mind it inthe least. The Audubon Societies 375 After making the Devils Punch-Bowl as a side tr
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