. Birds of South Dakota . RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS NEST NEST OF YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD ■i • I*.*, -T> ^ttT if •• 1 WESTERN MEADOWLARKON NEST. WESTERN MEADOWLARKSNEST LIST AND DESCRIPTION 107 and of the willow bordered river. It nests commonly over theState, and, being one of the Starlings, all of which are weavers,it fastens its nest securely among the rushes. Early in the fallthese birds gather in large flocks before migrating southward. 498d. Thick-billed Redwing (Agelaius Phoenkeus fortis.) Similar in plumage to the preceding but larger, with billshorter and thicker. Breeds in Western Cana
. Birds of South Dakota . RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS NEST NEST OF YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD ■i • I*.*, -T> ^ttT if •• 1 WESTERN MEADOWLARKON NEST. WESTERN MEADOWLARKSNEST LIST AND DESCRIPTION 107 and of the willow bordered river. It nests commonly over theState, and, being one of the Starlings, all of which are weavers,it fastens its nest securely among the rushes. Early in the fallthese birds gather in large flocks before migrating southward. 498d. Thick-billed Redwing (Agelaius Phoenkeus fortis.) Similar in plumage to the preceding but larger, with billshorter and thicker. Breeds in Western Canada. Seen in SouthDakota only in migration. This is the Blackbird observed feed-ing in large flocks early in winter. Small flocks have been seenin Clay County in January. 501. 1. Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta.) There are two species of Meadowlarks in the NorthernStates, the Eastern (Sturnella magna) and the Western (Stumcllineglecta). In our latitude the eastern State line of SouthDakota is about the dividing line of the range of the two a considerable distance east or west of this line there is muchoverlapping of th
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