. Bird lore . subjoined species were found breeding, the numbersgiven being, for the most part, based on actual inhabited nests found andcounted: White Ibis.—This species forms the major part of the bird population ofthe island. They were nesting all over the island in the willow bushes, whereverthe sticks were large enough to support a nest. Based on a count of nests in Reports of Field Agents 359 two different parts of the island, we estimated there were 4,000 pairs of birdsbreeding. Nesting was well completed, most of the nests containing theusual three eggs. No young were seen. This specie
. Bird lore . subjoined species were found breeding, the numbersgiven being, for the most part, based on actual inhabited nests found andcounted: White Ibis.—This species forms the major part of the bird population ofthe island. They were nesting all over the island in the willow bushes, whereverthe sticks were large enough to support a nest. Based on a count of nests in Reports of Field Agents 359 two different parts of the island, we estimated there were 4,000 pairs of birdsbreeding. Nesting was well completed, most of the nests containing theusual three eggs. No young were seen. This species is increasing very fast,and this is the cause, the warden thinks, of some of the other Herons leavingthe island. Glossy Ibis.—This species, because of its rarity, is the most interesting■of the birds of the vicinity. Six nests were found on Bird Island, andthree on Saw Grass Island, the latter being found by the warden after■our departure. At the time of our arrival, nesting had just begun, the nests. WHITE IBIS, ORANGE LAKE, FLORIDA ROOKERYPhotographed by P. B. Philipp found having incomplete sets of eggs, this Ibis being the latest of the birdson the island to nest. The Glossy Ibis is extremely hable to be broken upby Fish Crows, four of the nests found by the writer being thus , the birds again nested, and all, according to the warden, suc-ceeded in raising broods of young. By next season, a fine colony should beestablished. American Egret.—At the time of our visit there were 12 occupied nests ofthis species on Bird Island, containing eggs. More birds than the 12 nestswould account for were seen, but, owing to the dense brush in which they werenesting, it was very difficult to find all the nests. After we left, a large number 36o Bird - Lore of Egrets came into the island, which the warden thinks were from a colonywhich had been broken up in another part of the state. These birds broughtthe total of pairs up to 66 on Bird Island, and i6 on Sa
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