. Bird lore . Aaurs £2fassy2 Merles. 1. WHITE-NECKED RAVEN (About one-sixth natural size) 2. RAVEN 2^it:tr=1tore A BI-MONTHLY MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO THE STUDY AND PROTECTION OF BIRDS Official Organ of The Audubon Societies. Vol. XXI January—February, 1919 No. 1 When the North Wind Blows* By A. A, ALLEN, , Assistant Professor of Ornithology, Cornell UniversityWith photographs by the Author 1^HE winter Ducks offer another opportunity for the bird winter there are large flocks of Canvasbacks, Scaups, and Red- heads on Cayuga Lake. There are certain weed-beds upon which theyfe
. Bird lore . Aaurs £2fassy2 Merles. 1. WHITE-NECKED RAVEN (About one-sixth natural size) 2. RAVEN 2^it:tr=1tore A BI-MONTHLY MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO THE STUDY AND PROTECTION OF BIRDS Official Organ of The Audubon Societies. Vol. XXI January—February, 1919 No. 1 When the North Wind Blows* By A. A, ALLEN, , Assistant Professor of Ornithology, Cornell UniversityWith photographs by the Author 1^HE winter Ducks offer another opportunity for the bird winter there are large flocks of Canvasbacks, Scaups, and Red- heads on Cayuga Lake. There are certain weed-beds upon which theyfeed, but none of them brings the birds close enough to the shore for successfulphotography. It is not difficult, however, when one locates the feeding-placeof a flock, to bait them up to a blind by scattering a good supply of corn fromthe bed where they are feeding up to the shore. An amusing incident occurredlast winter in such a blind that will illustrate how close the birds can bedrawn in. There was a small flock of Black Ducks frequenting the spot where theCanvasbacks were being fed in about four feet of water. They were able to ♦Concluded from Bird-Lore for December, 1918
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