. The birds of California : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 580 species and subspecies of birds found in the state. Birds; Birds. latitude. The nests are composed of dried grass- es and weeds plucked by the birds, roots and all; and these become quite substantial structures if the materials are con- venient. Ledges, cran- nies, grassy hillsides, and the exposed summits of the rocks, are alike util- ized for nesting sites; while occasionally a bird ventures down so close to the tide-line as to lose her eggs in time of storm. Chicks are brought off by the third week in May, or
. The birds of California : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 580 species and subspecies of birds found in the state. Birds; Birds. latitude. The nests are composed of dried grass- es and weeds plucked by the birds, roots and all; and these become quite substantial structures if the materials are con- venient. Ledges, cran- nies, grassy hillsides, and the exposed summits of the rocks, are alike util- ized for nesting sites; while occasionally a bird ventures down so close to the tide-line as to lose her eggs in time of storm. Chicks are brought off by the third week in May, or by the middle of June, according to sea- son, if unmolested. If the first set is removed, however, the birds will prepare a second, con- sisting almost invariably of two eggs, and these are deposited as likely as not in the same nest as the former set. Depo- sition occurs at inter- vals of two or three days. I recall visiting a smaller rock well up the coast where young birds, from infants to those half grown, were in hiding everywhere. The danger sign had, of course, been passed around, and not a youngster on the island but froze in his tracks, no matter where he happened to be. It was pathetic to find, as I did now and then, babes soaking heroically in the filthy green pools left in hollows of the rock by ancient rains, rather than attract attention by scrambling out. One youngster had evidently been nibbling playfully at a bit of driftwood cast high up, for I found him with the stick between his mandibles, as motionless as a Pompeian. *& Taken on Anacapa Island Photo by Donald R. Dickey NEST AT BASE OF LEPTOSYNE CIGANTEA 1391. 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; Finley, William L. (William Lovel
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