. The Audubon annual bulletin. Birds; Birds. 38 THE AUDUBON BULLETIN *"*^*svi. think was probably a Great Black-backed Gull. Three Mourning Doves weer seen on December 4; two December 14; one December 23; and five on February 11. A farmer told me that four Doves came to his hog yard every day during the winter of 1921-22. Marsh Hawks were seen on De- cember 1, 5, 20, and Jan- uary 9. A Bald Eagle was reported to be stay- Photo by C. G. Groneman • i-i -i»«-. DOUBLE-NEST OF ORIOLE. THE SECOND NEST in£ 0n , e -^SSlSSippi was added the following season River below Rapids City during Christmas
. The Audubon annual bulletin. Birds; Birds. 38 THE AUDUBON BULLETIN *"*^*svi. think was probably a Great Black-backed Gull. Three Mourning Doves weer seen on December 4; two December 14; one December 23; and five on February 11. A farmer told me that four Doves came to his hog yard every day during the winter of 1921-22. Marsh Hawks were seen on De- cember 1, 5, 20, and Jan- uary 9. A Bald Eagle was reported to be stay- Photo by C. G. Groneman • i-i -i»«-. DOUBLE-NEST OF ORIOLE. THE SECOND NEST in£ 0n , e -^SSlSSippi was added the following season River below Rapids City during Christmas week, but I did not get to see it when I took my bird census. About the middle of January one of the daily papers printed an article from Geneseo, which stated that two Bald Eagles were killed in Henry County that week. One of the Eagles was carrying away a pig when it was shot by a farmer. Residents of Rapid City told me three Bald Eagles stayed on or near the river at that place during the winter of 1921-22. On January 13, a Flicker was seen with the birds that came to my feeding shelf, and on January 20, another one was heard. Goldfinches were seen or heard on December 3, 5, 13, 25, and January 16, and on December 25 a Smiths Longspur was heard calling several times while flying over. On December 24 and 25, a Short-eared Owl was flushed from some long dead grass in a dry pond not very far from our house. Two Bluebirds were seen on December 10 and some Robins were reported to be staying on a farm three miles northeast from here on the same date. Towards the end of February the weather moderated, and the first migrants arrived. A Sparrow Hawk was heard February 25, and a few Pintails came Feb- ruary 27. Following is my record of the weather, and the ar- rival and movements of the migrating birds during March and up to April 2. March 1. Clear, 35 to 58; Goldfinches were heard in the garden. 2. Cloudy, 43 to 66; A Killdeer, some Meadow- larks and Blue birds were seen and h
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