. Bird lore . AMERICAN SCAUP DUCK AND HOLBGELLS GREBE MARCH 19, 1916. THE BACK-GROUND IN THIS AND THE SUCCEEDING PHOTOGRAPH IS SNOW-COVERED ICE ing, I have no doubt but that the little Bufflehead fully recovered and joinedothers of her kind on their northern migration. Never, since 1912, have so many Ducks been caught in this trap, but afew do get caught there every winter. Canvasbacks and Scaups are the prin-cipal victims, and sometimes we find dead Golden-eyes and Black , Pintails, and Redheads sometimes stop in the channel for a day ortwo, and sometimes after a severe storm a
. Bird lore . AMERICAN SCAUP DUCK AND HOLBGELLS GREBE MARCH 19, 1916. THE BACK-GROUND IN THIS AND THE SUCCEEDING PHOTOGRAPH IS SNOW-COVERED ICE ing, I have no doubt but that the little Bufflehead fully recovered and joinedothers of her kind on their northern migration. Never, since 1912, have so many Ducks been caught in this trap, but afew do get caught there every winter. Canvasbacks and Scaups are the prin-cipal victims, and sometimes we find dead Golden-eyes and Black , Pintails, and Redheads sometimes stop in the channel for a day ortwo, and sometimes after a severe storm a Holboells Grebe is found there. The first half of March, 1916, was very cold, with high winds and muchsnow. A Holboells Grebe was brought to me the i6th that was found on thesnow in an orchard. I fed it scraps of beef and minnows, but it survived only afew days. Another Grebe was in the channel the 19th. It was very cold, thethermometer registering only a few degrees above zero, and the open area in 414 Bird-L
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