. Bird lore. Birds; Birds; Ornithology. With the Birds in Alaska 241 covered with the same material. Then the nest was placed on a shelf that was fastened to the building, as nearly as possible where the old nest had been. The parent birds then took possession and built the usual mud structure from the top of the Robin's nest to the roof of the building and they raised the family successfully. On August 6, the Swallows of both kinds, Violet-Green and Cliff, congre- gated on the clothes and telephone lines, and for three days we were treated to a most interesting exhibition of the training of t
. Bird lore. Birds; Birds; Ornithology. With the Birds in Alaska 241 covered with the same material. Then the nest was placed on a shelf that was fastened to the building, as nearly as possible where the old nest had been. The parent birds then took possession and built the usual mud structure from the top of the Robin's nest to the roof of the building and they raised the family successfully. On August 6, the Swallows of both kinds, Violet-Green and Cliff, congre- gated on the clothes and telephone lines, and for three days we were treated to a most interesting exhibition of the training of the young, then on the fourth day, about 5 o'clock in the morning, they took their departure. A bird-bath, of which a picture is enclosed, was a lively place all summer, enjoyed mostly by Gambel's Sparrows, for from 4 in the morning until 6 at night they splashed. Occasionally a Robin would come for a bath, and one. GAMBEL'S SPARROWS BATHING day, August 11, a yellow-breasted bird had a plunge. Two or these little fellows visited a birch tree in the front yard frequently after that date, until the freeze-up, but could never be identified. The wings were dark and the heads and breasts a bright orange-yellow but their markings could never be determined as they were very shy. A female Shrike appeared in September, but left after the first hard freeze. During the fall Canada Jays, unidentified Hawks, and Owls and what looked like Eagles, were seen. Five Sparrow Hawks were around for several days. The Sparrows left gradually. The ice in the bath was broken for them several mornings before their final departure. On September 20, one little one, seeing a member of the family in the yard, came down from a field and went to the bath and apparently made a little speech. The ice was broken for it, a last plunge was taken, it uttered a few more sounds and was gone. It. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability -
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