. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . even in rosearbors in towns and villages. Calli-ope is a forest lover, haunting thedeep confiers of the Pacific slope,north into Alaska, south into north-ern California. I have found them atan altitude of 11,000 feet in the Bit-ter Root mountains, again at sea levelin the Douglass fir belt along the Pa-cific Ocean. The nest is invariably placed upona low horizontal branch of cedar,spruce, or black pine, extending overa mountain stream, and in plainsight—if you can see it. Theres the rub; no larger than anEnglish walnut, composed o
. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . even in rosearbors in towns and villages. Calli-ope is a forest lover, haunting thedeep confiers of the Pacific slope,north into Alaska, south into north-ern California. I have found them atan altitude of 11,000 feet in the Bit-ter Root mountains, again at sea levelin the Douglass fir belt along the Pa-cific Ocean. The nest is invariably placed upona low horizontal branch of cedar,spruce, or black pine, extending overa mountain stream, and in plainsight—if you can see it. Theres the rub; no larger than anEnglish walnut, composed of cotton-wood down, sitting fiat on the branch,the outside covered with fine bits ofgray bark lain on with glue, it isthe most baffling thing in nest hunt-ing. You may be positive that thetree contains a nest, but you cannotfind it. An amusing incident occurred atMullan, Idaho, a few years ago. Theteacher of ornithology in one of thestate institutions visited our countryduring the nesting season. His edu-cation had been accomplished in the THE OOLOGIST 273. Nest and Eggs of Caliope Hummingbird —Photo by Chas. S. Moody 274 THE OOLOGIST east, and he was making a study ofwestern birds. A few days previousI had located three nests of the Calli-ope in one tree, a black pine. Blackpine trees retain their cones for ayear or more. This tree was coveredwith them. 1 took the professordown and asked him to locate thenests. He spent an hour withoutavail. All the time the three werewithin four feet of him. They soclosely resembled the cones that hecould not distinguish them apart. Whit Harrison, one of the real oldtime ornithologists of La , sends us the following clip-ping from one of the local La Crosse,Wisconsin, papers, which will be ofinterest to all of the older readers ofTHE OOLOGIST. Mr. Boehm wasknown throughout the northwest as astudent of nature and a taxidermist ofunusual ability as well as a man hav-ing real scientific attainments: Albert Boehm, taxidermi
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