. The birds of California : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 580 species and subspecies of birds found in the state. Birds; Birds. The Song Sparrows iage in trees, but skulks among the dead leaves on the ground, or threads his way through log heaps. If driven from one covert the bird dashes to another with an odd, jerking flight, working its tail like a pump-handle as though to assist progress. Ordinarily the bird is not fearful, although retiring in disposition. Bug-catching claims a great deal of attention, and the tules, at least, must be very grateful for the incessant pur
. The birds of California : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 580 species and subspecies of birds found in the state. Birds; Birds. The Song Sparrows iage in trees, but skulks among the dead leaves on the ground, or threads his way through log heaps. If driven from one covert the bird dashes to another with an odd, jerking flight, working its tail like a pump-handle as though to assist progress. Ordinarily the bird is not fearful, although retiring in disposition. Bug-catching claims a great deal of attention, and the tules, at least, must be very grateful for the incessant purging of insect pests, especially grubs, which is contrived by this indefatigable gardener. The Song Sparrow is not above scratching for a living either. At this task he kicks with both feet, after the fashion ap- proved by Pipilo and others. He makes a bus- iness of it, too, for every once in a while a clod flies out behind as though it had been flung from a buzz-saw. An unending suc- cession of weed-seed goes to make up the bill-of- fare, and occasionally, of course, a little fallen grain. Once I sat behind a blind on the margin of a shallow lake and baited up the ducks with wheat for photographic pur- poses. The ducks came readily enough, but a Song Sparrow consti- tuted herself mistress of ceremonies and inter- fered with my plan sadly. The Song Sparrow hap- pened to know there was a caged monster inside that blind, whereas the larger birds merely sus- pected it. Every once in a while, therefore, the Taken in Santa Barbara County Photo by the Author SparrOW Came near my "MEANWHILE, MANAGED TO SECURE A VERY COMFORTABLE MEAL" blind and Set Up 3. great. 340. 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 Dawson, William Leon, 1873-1928; Dickey, Donald R. (Donald Ryder), 1887-1932; Pierce, Wright M
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