. The book of birds, common birds of town and country and American game birds . uth Carolina: win-ters from , Louisiana, and South(..irolina to southern Brazil and Peru. The little tip up. as it is appropriatelynamed, from its cpiaint nodding motion, undulyfavors no one section or community, but electsto dwell in every region suited to its needsfrom Alaska to Florida. It is doubtless morewidely known than any other of our shorebirds, and as it takes wing when disturbed, itswit. wit comes to us from beach, river side,and mill pond, frotn one end of the lanil to theother. It is the on
. The book of birds, common birds of town and country and American game birds . uth Carolina: win-ters from , Louisiana, and South(..irolina to southern Brazil and Peru. The little tip up. as it is appropriatelynamed, from its cpiaint nodding motion, undulyfavors no one section or community, but electsto dwell in every region suited to its needsfrom Alaska to Florida. It is doubtless morewidely known than any other of our shorebirds, and as it takes wing when disturbed, itswit. wit comes to us from beach, river side,and mill pond, frotn one end of the lanil to theother. It is the only shore bird that habituallynests in cornlields and pastures, and its hand-some buff eggs spotted with chocolate are wellknown to the farmers l)y everywhere. Muchis to Ik- said in favor of the food hal)its of thelittle tip up, as the bird includes in its dietarmy worms, squash bugs, cabbage )ers, green flies, and cra>lishes. Hav-ing thus earned a ri^bt to be numbered amongthe farmers friends, the bir<l should be exemptfrom persecution. 45 r -*.. Yellow-headed Blackbird Male, upper; female, lower Starling COWBIRD Male, upper; female, lowerChimney Suirr 46 YELLOWHEAD (Xanthocephalusxanthocephalus) Lcnf^tl). abdiil lo iiiclKb. CJiir only I)l:icl<l)ir(lwith a yellow luad. Rantjc: Continid to western Xortli fr^mi southern Colunihia, soutli-ern Mackenzie, soutiiwesteni Keewatin. andnorthern Minnesota to southern California andArizona, east to southern Wisconsin, Illinois,and Imliana: winters from southwestern Cali-fornia, southern Arizona, Texas,and southwestern Louisiana south into Mexico. .Apparently Nature started out with the in-tention of making an oriole, hut decided tomake a blackbird instead—and behold the ycl-lowluad. lie is a sociable chap and nests ingreat companies in the tule swamps of thewest. The yellowheads voice is harsh andguttural .and liis vocal eflforts have been wellcharacterized as a o
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