. Bird studies for home and school; sixty common birds, their habits and haunts . ck woods or hides in bams and hollow trees. Thisis due to the fact that the eye of this Owl is so constructed thatit can see well only in the night. Screech Owls live upon smaller birds, animals and they hunt by night. The small birds appear to knowthat these enemies can do them no harm in the day time, andthey seek revenge upon them. With war cries well knownamong birds, they soon gather a motley -Sock of many speciesto attack one of their hated enemies when it is discoveredblinking helplessly in t
. Bird studies for home and school; sixty common birds, their habits and haunts . ck woods or hides in bams and hollow trees. Thisis due to the fact that the eye of this Owl is so constructed thatit can see well only in the night. Screech Owls live upon smaller birds, animals and they hunt by night. The small birds appear to knowthat these enemies can do them no harm in the day time, andthey seek revenge upon them. With war cries well knownamong birds, they soon gather a motley -Sock of many speciesto attack one of their hated enemies when it is discoveredblinking helplessly in the daylight. Blackbirds, Sparrows andeven the gentle Robins join in the warfare. Dazed, stunnedand frightened by the assaults, the Owjl flies away to somethicket for safety while its tormentors chatter and scream withdelight at its defeat and flight. Possibly the Owl consolesitself with the thought that it will be even with its tormentorsbefore midnight. The Screech Owl is oftenest seen in late autumn or winterwhen the scarcity of food drives it near our dwellings in search 36. 41 OWL.^ Liie-size. COPIHIOHT 1900, BY A. W. MUMFORO, CHICAGO of mice, rats and sparrows. Recently one took up its abode inthe attic of our school where it remained during January andFebruary, living no doubt upon the noisy Sparrows about thebuilding. Another entered the building by an open windowand, being caught and caged, it became the pet of the schoolfor several weeks. The cry of this Owl is not a screech as the name wouldindicate, but rather a quivering wail not unlike the whine ofa lonesome dog. It sounds like ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, begin-ning high and trilling down the scale in a depressing of our poets says that to him the cry is, Olt-o-o-o-o-jthat-I-never-had-been-bor-r-rn! It is a startling sound whenheard in the deep woods at night. BIRD NOTES 37 BLUE JAY Upper parts purplish-blue; lower parts purplish-gray;wings and tail bright blue with black bars; tail feathers tippedwit
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