. Bird-lore . eweather gets warm, for the process has notbeen going on for a month. This span of the bridge is a mile long,and the photograph shows clearly the Notes from Field and Study 451 amount of clams that are consumed by aflock of Gulls. While the bridge has beenin existence two or three winters, theyhave found out its possibilities only thisyear. They have been observed to dropthe clams from a height insufficient tobreak them. They pounce upon the clamand deliberately fly higher, evidentlyrealizing why it did not break the firsttime. They have been known to do thison the ice and on har
. Bird-lore . eweather gets warm, for the process has notbeen going on for a month. This span of the bridge is a mile long,and the photograph shows clearly the Notes from Field and Study 451 amount of clams that are consumed by aflock of Gulls. While the bridge has beenin existence two or three winters, theyhave found out its possibilities only thisyear. They have been observed to dropthe clams from a height insufficient tobreak them. They pounce upon the clamand deliberately fly higher, evidentlyrealizing why it did not break the firsttime. They have been known to do thison the ice and on hard beaches, but I theless, during the past winter I had thepleasure of observing them on so manyoccasions as to warrant their stay asa certainty. Possibly a few lines on the climatic con-ditions of the winter would not be early part of the winter was mild andwarm. No cold weather of any amountwas experienced until the middle ofJanuary, at which time the creeks werefrozen hard enough to permit WHERE GULLS FEAST believe this is the first time they haveever discovered the use to which a bridgecan be put.—R. F. Engle, Beach Haven,N. J., May 12, 1915. The Killdeer, a Winter Resident inDorchester Co., Md., 1913-14 During the winter of 1913-14, theKilldeer was a resident in this for a period of two months, theKilldeer makes a migration occupyingthe latter part of December, January,and the greater part of February, Never- The remainder of January and the earlypart of February was followed by inter-mediate spells of freezing and thawing,but practically devoid of snow. However,on the 13th, real winter set in. Firstcame snow, turning to jrain making aslush, then freezing and snowing conditions prevailed for five days,making a veritable barrier from, the the 18th it moderated, and we hadmore agreeable weather until March this date we had what was the deepestsnow of the season, six inches falling inten hours. This snow lasted
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