. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state. Birds -- Ohio. THE BRONZED CRACKLE. 33 gling to get free! His love-making antics, too, are all the more ridiculous for being earnest. Perched upon the tip-top of an evergreen tree he thrusts his wings out, spreads his tail, ruffles all his feathers, and then throws his head forward like a person about to obtain relief from seasickness. The outcome of all this effort is a sound by no means ravishing, flee-e-k-starr, or simply fwe-e-e-t. When the female has been sufficiently impress
. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state. Birds -- Ohio. THE BRONZED CRACKLE. 33 gling to get free! His love-making antics, too, are all the more ridiculous for being earnest. Perched upon the tip-top of an evergreen tree he thrusts his wings out, spreads his tail, ruffles all his feathers, and then throws his head forward like a person about to obtain relief from seasickness. The outcome of all this effort is a sound by no means ravishing, flee-e-k-starr, or simply fwe-e-e-t. When the female has been sufficiently impressed by the accom- plishments of this vocal contortionist the pair converse in jups of much modi- fied insolence, and in a series of pro- longed squeaks of unquestionable affection. The tops of evergreen trees have long been favorite nesting places for the Bronzed Grackles, but, in the comparative scarcity of these, apple trees are second choice. While not strictly gregarious during nesting seasi n. the birds often occupy neigh- boring trees, and a good sized or- chard may contain twenty or thirty nests. They are placed without much regard to concealment, at first, since the nesting is often under way by the 20th of April, but the advancing season is mure lavish of its foliage. The nest is quite a bulky affair of dried-weed stalks and grasses, with a deep cup- shaped matrix of mud and a bountiful lining of grasses and horsehair. As to manner of attachment it combines all known characters, being saddled and settled, as well as anchored by the edges or half swung. The eggs are quaintly spotted and stained or scrawled with umber and purplish black c green or vitreous blue ground. During the nesting sea- son the Crow Blackbird be- trays its affinity with the Crows and Jays by helping itself occasionally to the eggs and vov. Photo by tin- Auth AN EARLY NEST. PLACED WITHOUT MUCH RECARD TO CONCEALMENT, AT Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that
Size: 1819px × 1374px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthordawsonwi, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookyear1903
