. The birds about us. Birds. The Woodpeckers. 147 " quite numerous about Lake Tahoe. ... At the lake they were quite fearless, coming close to the hotel and industriously tapping the trees in the early morning and evening. ... I noticed their burrows in low pine-trees. ... I found them silent birds, though probably in the spring they have a great variety of ; J. K. Lord records,— " Both when on the wing and when clinging against a tree it con- tinually utters a shrill, plaintive cry. Its favorite tree appears to be the Pinus contorta, which grows at great altitudes. I do n
. The birds about us. Birds. The Woodpeckers. 147 " quite numerous about Lake Tahoe. ... At the lake they were quite fearless, coming close to the hotel and industriously tapping the trees in the early morning and evening. ... I noticed their burrows in low pine-trees. ... I found them silent birds, though probably in the spring they have a great variety of ; J. K. Lord records,— " Both when on the wing and when clinging against a tree it con- tinually utters a shrill, plaintive cry. Its favorite tree appears to be the Pinus contorta, which grows at great altitudes. I do not think this woodpecker is found (in British Columbia) except on the hill- ; The Yellow-bellied Sapsucker a migratory bird, and seen in the Middle States usually only in the spring and autumn; but there are bits of territory in these States wherein the bird is accus- tomed to remain all summer and breed. There has been much dis- cussion concern- ing the habits of this peculiar bird, for its anatomy is not that of other woodpeckers in some respects. That it is capable of doing an immense deal of harm to trees and does do it seems fully demon- strated, and although a great insect-destroyer, this. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. Red-headed Woodpecker,. 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 Abbott, Charles C. (Charles Conrad), 1843-1919. Philadelphia : J. B. Lippincott
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