. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Game Commision), no. 9. Game protection; Birds. Fig. 11. Drawing from life by George Miksch Sutton. GOSHAWK ABOUT TO ATTACK The Goshawk is one of our most ferocious birds of prey; it is the arch enemy of all small game birds and animals. ing its nesting season, may be an enemy of swamp-loving and meadow-inhabiting birds, but is usually not a serious offender. Other hawks take birds only occasionally. The Great Horned Owl is the chief killer of birds among his tribe. He is a particular enemy of the Ruffed Grouse and when numerous may be a terrific marauder. He is not us
. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Game Commision), no. 9. Game protection; Birds. Fig. 11. Drawing from life by George Miksch Sutton. GOSHAWK ABOUT TO ATTACK The Goshawk is one of our most ferocious birds of prey; it is the arch enemy of all small game birds and animals. ing its nesting season, may be an enemy of swamp-loving and meadow-inhabiting birds, but is usually not a serious offender. Other hawks take birds only occasionally. The Great Horned Owl is the chief killer of birds among his tribe. He is a particular enemy of the Ruffed Grouse and when numerous may be a terrific marauder. He is not usually abundant however. The Screech Owl sometimes kills smaller birds but this habit is largely restricted to the nesting season and is not serious otherwise. The other owls which occur commonly in Pennsylvania are not to be considered harmful. The Barn, Long-eared, Short-eared, and Saw-whet Owls may be rated as beneficial birds. The big Barred Owl is variable in food habits, and sometimes does damage. * â v . S .. ^'< f *â M J^. Photograph by Samuel S. Dickey, Cambridge Springs. Fig. 12. GREAT HORNED OWL A serious enemy of all game birds, including the Wild Turkey. The Crow is destructive during the nesting season. There is no doubt that he eats eggs and young birds. When Crows are too abundant a certain amount of killing, regulated properly, has good effect since there is little danger of exterminating Crows. This statement is not to be construed, however, as sanctioning State or Nation-wide Crow-killing contests, which may have very ill effects. The Blue Jay, like the Crow, is occasionally a serious enemy of smaller birds, in that he eats eggs and captures young birds. But these atrocities do not seriously reduce the small-bird population as a rule. English Sparrows are chiefly to be censured for their domineering traits. At the winter feeding-counter they combine in such a way as to benefit themselves at the expense of other birds. In the spring they are a constant men
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