. Bird lore . egon Junco, Brewers Blackbird, Western Robin, VariedThrush, Red-shafted Flicker, HarrissWoodpecker, Northwestern Redwing,Townsends Sparrow. I have had as many as four of thesevarieties feeding at once: Rusty SongSparrows, Oregon Juncos, Varied Thrushes,and Western Robins, and, at another time,Oregon Towhees, Oregon Juncos, VariedThrushes, and Western Robins. The Juncos are the first and mostfrequent visitors. They fairly swarm aboutthe table, from twenty-five to one hundredbirds often waiting for their turn. Town-sends Sparrows are very shy, seldommore than two or three visiting
. Bird lore . egon Junco, Brewers Blackbird, Western Robin, VariedThrush, Red-shafted Flicker, HarrissWoodpecker, Northwestern Redwing,Townsends Sparrow. I have had as many as four of thesevarieties feeding at once: Rusty SongSparrows, Oregon Juncos, Varied Thrushes,and Western Robins, and, at another time,Oregon Towhees, Oregon Juncos, VariedThrushes, and Western Robins. The Juncos are the first and mostfrequent visitors. They fairly swarm aboutthe table, from twenty-five to one hundredbirds often waiting for their turn. Town-sends Sparrows are very shy, seldommore than two or three visiting the tableat once, and easily frightened. The Red-shafted Flickers and Harriss Woodpeckersare also shy and come creeping alongthe picket fence to the table in a depreciat-ing, apologetic sort of way. The WesternRobins, though shy, are undoubtedly theboss of the table, driving all other visitorsright and left. I have often seen one ofthem after gorging himself sit for half anhour at a time, keeping all the other. CHICKADEE AND TUFTED TITMOUSEPhotographed by T. L. Hankinson Charleston, 111. (93) 94 Bird - Lore birds away, though he did not care toeat himself. Next in number to the Juncos are thebeautiful Varied Thrushes. The bright-colored males are much wilder than thefemales, seldom approaching when any-one is in sight. Among their own kindthey are a very quarrelsome bird, fightingand squabbling continually. One of thepleasant features of the Varied Thrushesvisit is that even in winter they givevoice freely to their unique, vibrant song,which has a peculiar, most penetratingeffect on a clear frosty morning. While the cold and snow drives Town-sends Sparrows and the Varied Thrushesfrom the mountains to settled sectionsand villages, it seems to bring the Brew-ers Blackbirds from the lowlands into thehills, perhaps for the shelter which the firsafford. A single female of this speciesfirst visited my table late one winter andwas very tame. Later she returned witha very shy male, and
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