. The Audubon annual bulletin. Birds; Birds. 42 THE AUDUBON BULLETIN. on June 14th along the public highway in front of our place; one nest was destroyed by the mower, the second nest was built in some poison ivy on a fence post and contained some shells of Dickcissels' eggs and one cowbird egg, and another cowbird egg was lying on the ground. The third nest was also built in poison ivy on a fence post; it was very well concealed and contained four Dickcissel eggs. Most of them built nests again and raised some young. On August 3rd, a nest built in a weed under a barbed wire fence was found in
. The Audubon annual bulletin. Birds; Birds. 42 THE AUDUBON BULLETIN. on June 14th along the public highway in front of our place; one nest was destroyed by the mower, the second nest was built in some poison ivy on a fence post and contained some shells of Dickcissels' eggs and one cowbird egg, and another cowbird egg was lying on the ground. The third nest was also built in poison ivy on a fence post; it was very well concealed and contained four Dickcissel eggs. Most of them built nests again and raised some young. On August 3rd, a nest built in a weed under a barbed wire fence was found in which there were three large young, and another pair had built in the top of an ap- ple tree in front of our house. A pair of Grasshopper Sparrows raised a brood of three young after the mower had passed over their nest; the nest was built in a depres- sion, and on a level with the surface of the ground. After we saw one photo by Richard churchiii of the birds fly from the nest, we marked the location, and were careful not to drive over it with the haying tools. There were not so many Cliff Swallows here as last year; only about 75 nests were built, last year there were over 90. On June 23rd, many of the young Swallows were out of their nests and sitting on the telephone wires. On the night of July 7th, something broke and enlarged the entrances of about one third of the nests. It probably was a pair of Great Horned Owls that broke the nests, as they were heard hooting on a spruce tree in front of the house during the night, and they also some- times sit on the top of the barn. The owls were probably at- tracted to the nests by the squeaking noise which the young Swallows made during the night. The next day no Swallows were about, and no young could be heard in the nests. Several days afterwards some of the Swallows returned and occupied some of the nests, and later on raised their second brood of young. Our Martins raised many young this year, the first ones came out of their
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