. 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 Black Tern blessings as alfalfa and barley and potatoes, not to mention strawberries and oranges and avocadoes, we are never done praising the beneficence of nature, assisted by the measured art of the engineer. But irrigation may be lavish as well as stinted, and it is for the by-products of flooded fields and rejuvenated morasses that the ornithologist finds himself most thankful. And nature herself has been the great engineer in California.
. 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 Black Tern blessings as alfalfa and barley and potatoes, not to mention strawberries and oranges and avocadoes, we are never done praising the beneficence of nature, assisted by the measured art of the engineer. But irrigation may be lavish as well as stinted, and it is for the by-products of flooded fields and rejuvenated morasses that the ornithologist finds himself most thankful. And nature herself has been the great engineer in California. Kern, Buena Vista, Tulare, Tahoe, Goose, Eagle, Honey, Tule, and Klamath, these are the names not of "projects," but of natural catch- basins whose annual levels are determined by the largess of the snows, and whose overflowing borders, therefore, offer a boundless hospitality to the birds. The Black Tern is the familiar spirit of all fresh-water swamps in California north of the Tehachipe. Wherever water spreads itself not too deeply to encourage vegetable growth, whether of sedge or typha or tule, this restless, petulant, graceful water-sprite harries the face of nature, pursues insects, chides intruders, builds adventurous rafts for the use of his offspring, and otherwise conducts his Chlidonian __J Taken in Merced Com Photo by the Author BREEDING HAUNT OF THE BLACK TERN I461. 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 Lovell), 1876-1953; Brooks, Allan, 1869-1946. San Diego ; Los Angeles ; San Francisco : South Moulton Company
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