. The condor. Birds; Birds; Birds. Jan., 1907 AMONG THE GULLS ON KLAMATH LAKE 13 skirmishing about the country to pick up a living in the fields, following the plow all day long as blackbirds do, and fighting at the farmer's heels for angle worms. I have seen others rummage daily about pig-pens and gorge on the offal thrown out from the slaughter-houses. If any bird is useful to man, the gull is certainly of economic importance as a scavenger. It was several days before we found the colony of nesting gulls, California and ring-billed(Zrt;7/5 calif ornicus -aw^ L. de/azvareiisis), on Lower Klam
. The condor. Birds; Birds; Birds. Jan., 1907 AMONG THE GULLS ON KLAMATH LAKE 13 skirmishing about the country to pick up a living in the fields, following the plow all day long as blackbirds do, and fighting at the farmer's heels for angle worms. I have seen others rummage daily about pig-pens and gorge on the offal thrown out from the slaughter-houses. If any bird is useful to man, the gull is certainly of economic importance as a scavenger. It was several days before we found the colony of nesting gulls, California and ring-billed(Zrt;7/5 calif ornicus -aw^ L. de/azvareiisis), on Lower Klamath L,ake. We were led to the place by watching the course of the small flocks that spread out over the lake in the morning and returned homeward about dusk each evening. From a full mile away, with our field glass, we could see the gulls rising and circling over the low-lying islands. As we rowed nearer, the birds came out to. CALIFORNIA AND RING-BILLED GULLS OVER ROOKERY ON LOWER KLAMATH LAKE, OREGON; 283 BIRDS IN THIS VIEW meet us, cackling excitedly at the dubious-looking craft approaching so near their homes. They swam about on all sides, curiously following in the wake of our boat. Cormorants flapped along over the surface, pelicans rose heavily from the water, and gulls and terns got thicker and thicker, until when the nose of the boat pushed in at the edge of the island,, the air seemed completely filled with a crying, chaotic swarm. We stepped out among the reeds, but had to tread cautiously to keep from breaking eggs or killing young birds. Many 3'oungsters crouched low in their tracks and others scudded off in all directions. Our presence caused such confusion among old and young that we jumped in the boat again and pulled away for fifty yards. We wanted the opportunity of making an intimate studj^ of the home life of. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance
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