. Bird lore . an went down to the town, Dick went withme to my traps—I had traps settin for muskrat, mink, skunk, and heerd a gun, and thought it was the old man and flew after him. I calledhim and he answered me—Peep—but wouldnt come back. I heerd him lightand laugh, and then heered another shot and didnt hear him laugh no was about a week we didnt see nor hear nothin of Dick—Id give him upfor dead. Then the old man went up to the pond fishin one day, and Dickwas there, covered with dried blood, and weak. But he wouldnt let him ketchhim, so he come home and tell me about i
. Bird lore . an went down to the town, Dick went withme to my traps—I had traps settin for muskrat, mink, skunk, and heerd a gun, and thought it was the old man and flew after him. I calledhim and he answered me—Peep—but wouldnt come back. I heerd him lightand laugh, and then heered another shot and didnt hear him laugh no was about a week we didnt see nor hear nothin of Dick—Id give him upfor dead. Then the old man went up to the pond fishin one day, and Dickwas there, covered with dried blood, and weak. But he wouldnt let him ketchhim, so he come home and tell me about it. Of course I went up as tight asmy legs would carry me. He wouldnt let me ketch him, but he followed mehome. He was pretty near starved, but he began to pick up, to fat up. In about three weeks we moved away, and they wouldnt let me takehim—thought he was too weak to foller and wed get him in the fall. But afterwe was gone the feller who shot him before killed him—and we never saw nomore of Observations on Woodpeckers By WILL O. DOOLITTLE, Munisingr, Mich. As MUCH of the wealth derived from the natural resources of the Upperr\ Peninsula of Michigan is still found in the timber, that form of birdlife which has a direct effect upon the forests is of importance to thelandowners, as well as of supreme interest to the bird student. Northern Michigan woods are thickly inhabited by such forest-dwellingbirds as are found in the families of Wood Warblers, Vireos, Creepers, Nut-hatches, Titmice and Kinglets, and all of these have an appreciable value inthe protection of trees and the conservation of wood products. It is to theWoodpeckers, however, that the timber owner has come to look for the mostthorough protection from the insect pests which are known to be effect of the woodpeckers upon growing trees and finished wood productshas been so comprehensively handled by the United States Biological Survey,in several excellent bulletins, that a discussio
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