. Nature study; birds . the Black-throated Green Warbler. It is rather along clumsy name for so small a bird, but it describes himpretty well, for his back is quite greenish. In summer youseldom iind them far from pine groves, but during theirmigrations, you may verj often see them ^vith other war-blers. It is very hard to find their little nests,—cunningly con-cealed in tufts of pine needles near the tops of the birds are quite clever too, for it has often been observ-ed that, when they thought there was danger of their nestbeing found, they would commence carrying grasses androotle
. Nature study; birds . the Black-throated Green Warbler. It is rather along clumsy name for so small a bird, but it describes himpretty well, for his back is quite greenish. In summer youseldom iind them far from pine groves, but during theirmigrations, you may verj often see them ^vith other war-blers. It is very hard to find their little nests,—cunningly con-cealed in tufts of pine needles near the tops of the birds are quite clever too, for it has often been observ-ed that, when they thought there was danger of their nestbeing found, they would commence carrying grasses androotlets to another tree, app^irently trying to deceive youinto thinking they were just commencing their nest. Theonly other warbler that has, as far as I know, been known tomislead one in this way is the Prairie Warbler. Besides Black-throated Greens, we nearly always findPine Warblers in pine groves; to these two little warblersand the tiny Chickadee belongs the chief credit for destroy-ing insects that ravage the # 32 Right in that dead tree beyond thelast pine^ we saw a Shrike, last spring,didnt we Dorothy? Yes, Dick; and do you rememberhow loudly he whistled? We did notknow what it was at first,—until wefound his picture in our BirdGuide. Did you ever see a Shrike catch abird, Uncle George? Yes, Dick, I have often seen themcatch English Sparrows. They huntin two different ways:—Sometimesthey sit on a lookout perch in theopen, and pursue and strike down passing little birds; orthey may conceal themselves in vines or bushes and pounceupon prey that comes within their reach. Shrikes are not nearly as destructive birds as they areoften called. Indeed they sometimes are quite useful. Theydestroy a great many grasshoppers and other large insectsand also kill a great many field mice. When they can getinsects or mice, they rarely touch little birds. Their beaks are very sharp and hooked, but their feet«re like those of a Robin,—not strong enough to hold thei?
Size: 1641px × 1522px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, booksubjectbirds, bookyear1910
