. The birds of California : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 580 species and subspecies of birds found in the state. Birds; Birds. The Lazuli Bunting struggling auto made explosive comment upon our hill, a perfect cascade of brightly plumaged birds, all males, boiled up from the ground. The secret of Lazuli Bunting's nesting—at least in southern Cali- fornia—may be told all in a breath—Artemisia heterophylla! There you have it! Search the clumps of this broad-leafed sage, or "mugwort," as it grows to a height of three or four feet along the banks of streams, or upon
. The birds of California : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 580 species and subspecies of birds found in the state. Birds; Birds. The Lazuli Bunting struggling auto made explosive comment upon our hill, a perfect cascade of brightly plumaged birds, all males, boiled up from the ground. The secret of Lazuli Bunting's nesting—at least in southern Cali- fornia—may be told all in a breath—Artemisia heterophylla! There you have it! Search the clumps of this broad-leafed sage, or "mugwort," as it grows to a height of three or four feet along the banks of streams, or upon half-shaded hillsides, and you will be astonished at the harvest of "Lazzes" it will yield. In a sea- son's desultory nesting, that of 1920, at Santa Barbara, I found nineteen occupied nests of the Lazuli Bunt- ing. Of these, fourteen were in pure stands of A. heterophylla; two in mixed stands; two in poison oak; and one in a blackberry tangle. The nest, a rather bulky but often tidy affair, of bark-strips, hemp, and dried grasses, lined with fine grass or horsehair, is lashed to the upright clustering stems of the mugwort; or, more rarely, and in mixed cover, is supported from below by transverse stalks and vines. The female slips off quietly, often unnoticed, and the passerby would not suspect the pres- ence of a nest; but a loitering oolo- gist soon elicits an anxious twisp, or twissup from the skulking bird. If he does not heed that warning, the female will presently summon her mate, and both birds will berate him soundly. Amcena means pleasant, but you could hardly expect an anx- ious mother to practice the amenities while a brute of a man is fingering her babies-to-be and speculating upon their possible degree of freshness. The male, on the other hand, soon tires of saying unpleasant things, and will try your heart with a bit of a song Taken in Santa Barbara Photo by the Author A FURTIVE INSPECTION—BY A FEMALE LAZULI BUNTING 41T. Please note th
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