. Bird lore. Birds; Birds; Ornithology. 272 Bird - Lore Along our eastern seaboard, many Canada Geese are reared as domestic birds. The original parents of these flocks were wounded in winter shooting and from the same source additions to the flocks are made from time to time. From these decoys we learn many interesting characteristics of this great bird of passage. The writer knew one wild gander in North Carolina whose his- tory as locally recounted was as follows: Wing-tipped by a shot long ago he was put in the Goose-pen with other decoys. His wing healed, but he could never fly. He moved
. Bird lore. Birds; Birds; Ornithology. 272 Bird - Lore Along our eastern seaboard, many Canada Geese are reared as domestic birds. The original parents of these flocks were wounded in winter shooting and from the same source additions to the flocks are made from time to time. From these decoys we learn many interesting characteristics of this great bird of passage. The writer knew one wild gander in North Carolina whose his- tory as locally recounted was as follows: Wing-tipped by a shot long ago he was put in the Goose-pen with other decoys. His wing healed, but he could never fly. He moved about with the other Geese but paid no particular at- tention to any of them for thirty years. Then he mated, and when I last saw him, he had been a faithful mate, winter and summer, for thirty-two years. It is often difficult to get these decoys to select mates and as indication of ?. rf^ r/ .«*. J,'*' .-e. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original National Committee of the Audubon Societies of America; National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild Birds and Animals; National Audubon Society. New York City : Macmillan Co.
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