. Bird lore . A RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER SAMPLEDTHE SUET. THERE WEKi: rV-FIVE GEESE IN THE POND The Trailer-Blind de Luxe 327 number of nine came before At , thirty Geese came, followed in tenminutes by a dozen more. Under date of April 22, 1917, I find these notes: Came to the blind aboutII oclock There were about seventy-five Geese on the pond and oneBlue-bill. Geese flew up and alighted in the river farther north than arose before I reached the blind and flew over the pond and alighted northof the road about one-half mile from the blind. No pictures today. On

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. Bird lore . A RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER SAMPLEDTHE SUET. THERE WEKi: rV-FIVE GEESE IN THE POND The Trailer-Blind de Luxe 327 number of nine came before At , thirty Geese came, followed in tenminutes by a dozen more. Under date of April 22, 1917, I find these notes: Came to the blind aboutII oclock There were about seventy-five Geese on the pond and oneBlue-bill. Geese flew up and alighted in the river farther north than arose before I reached the blind and flew over the pond and alighted northof the road about one-half mile from the blind. No pictures today. On this occasion I fell asleep shortly after I entered the blind and wasawakened by the bellowing of the steers that had just been turned out in thepasture. As they came nearer and I could hear them coughing and evenbreathing, they discovered that the sharp corners of the blind were well fittedto alleviate their itching sides and one after another they came up to the blindand rubbed their hea\^ bodies against these corners. The bhnd was elevatedabout a f

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