. 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 Western House Wren Taken in Oregon zirp zirp. It does not appear to answer any social need, for it is uttered by lone birds as they prowl about the garden shrubbery, or thread their way through a hillside thicket. I have fancied the notes were most in evidence in early fall and died out by spring; but whenever heard, they are among the most notable of bird cries heard in the year's round. In nesting the Wrens do make free of the haunts of men,
. 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 Western House Wren Taken in Oregon zirp zirp. It does not appear to answer any social need, for it is uttered by lone birds as they prowl about the garden shrubbery, or thread their way through a hillside thicket. I have fancied the notes were most in evidence in early fall and died out by spring; but whenever heard, they are among the most notable of bird cries heard in the year's round. In nesting the Wrens do make free of the haunts of men, but are in nowise dependent on them. Old cabins afford convenient crannies,— forgotten auger holes, tin cans, bird boxes, a sleeve or pocket in an old coat hanging in the woodshed,—any- thing with a cavity will do; but, by the same token, an unused wood- pecker's hole, or a knot-hole in a stump, miles from the haunts of men, will do a good deal better. In any case, the cavity, be it big or little, must first be filled up with sticks, with just room at the top for entrance. Into this mass a deep hollow is sunk, and this is heavily lined with horsehair, wool, feathers, bits of snake-skin, anything soft and "; Large families, six or eight, are the rule, and the Wrens nest twice in a season. Possibly the second nesting takes place at higher alti- tudes. I know I have found their nests in late June miles from a human habitation, and at elevations which would not be agreeable in April or May. The highest records I can vouch for were in the Warner Mountains, where at an altitude of over 7000 feet I found a House Wren's nest with small young on the 3rd of July, and another with five fresh eggs on the 8th of July. A member of the M. C. O. party of 1922, Lawrence Stevens, found two nests with young above Lake Mary, in southern Mono County, and at an altitude of over 9000 feet. Besides this, it is certain that an extensive invasion of the upper mountain areas follows t
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