Outing . ndthe Housatonic it lies along a ridge ofhills from 1,500 to 1,800 feet above sealevel, is covered by a second growth ofpine, hemlock, birch, beech, and maple,snd watered by spring-fed streams andponds. The new owners found thatnative deer protected by Connecticutsgame laws were increasing, but thatfeathered life, with the exception ofhawks, eagles, crows, owls, Canada jays,and a few of the hardier song birds,was conspicuously scarce. A few par-tridge seemed sturdy enough to fight offtotal extermination, but that was aboutall. Grayheads in the village rememberas boys of hunters gunnin
Outing . ndthe Housatonic it lies along a ridge ofhills from 1,500 to 1,800 feet above sealevel, is covered by a second growth ofpine, hemlock, birch, beech, and maple,snd watered by spring-fed streams andponds. The new owners found thatnative deer protected by Connecticutsgame laws were increasing, but thatfeathered life, with the exception ofhawks, eagles, crows, owls, Canada jays,and a few of the hardier song birds,was conspicuously scarce. A few par-tridge seemed sturdy enough to fight offtotal extermination, but that was aboutall. Grayheads in the village rememberas boys of hunters gunning for duck onan old mill pond then in the center ofthe present refuge. The tract in thosedays was traveled by woodsmen andcharcoal burners. Before that, about one hundred andtwenty-five years ago, there must havebeen quite a settlement in the uplands,for on the records of the Presbyterian Mi£ $$>&?* I Jm A . *> *•? _. _ PINIONED GRAY MALLARDS ON THEIRWAY TO THE FEEDING GROUNDS. PHEASANT FIELD AND COOPS ON THETOBEY POND REFUGE
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