. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. 104 THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ^lAGAZIXE. riiotografjh by P. Kuntz A MKDLEY OF BIRD POSliS The friendly confidence of birds about a banding station is well indi- cated by the Pine Grosbeak and Goldfincli feeding together on an operator's hand. A Cliiinney Swift, hke the one lying hypnotized in the center picture, returned to tlie station where it was first banded and was recaptured there for eight jears. The bird in the lower illustra- tion is a Ruby-throated Humming Bird that has been banded, and is lying quietly in the open palm
. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. 104 THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ^lAGAZIXE. riiotografjh by P. Kuntz A MKDLEY OF BIRD POSliS The friendly confidence of birds about a banding station is well indi- cated by the Pine Grosbeak and Goldfincli feeding together on an operator's hand. A Cliiinney Swift, hke the one lying hypnotized in the center picture, returned to tlie station where it was first banded and was recaptured there for eight jears. The bird in the lower illustra- tion is a Ruby-throated Humming Bird that has been banded, and is lying quietly in the open palm before flight. an ardent protectionist is typical. At first she op|josed banding as likely to he dangerous to the hirds. As her in- terest increased, how- ever, she began trap- ping and handing, with the result that she is now convinced of the harmlessness of the operation. During his b i r d- l)anding operations Mr. Baldwin (seetext,page 95) has handled trap- ped birds more than 40,000 times, and has had only four or five accidents. The constant recap- ture of the same birds indicates that they do not consider the traps dangerous. In fact, the persistence with which certain individ- uals reenter traps in search of food might raise doubts in the minds of the moralists as to the dangers of pauperizing our feath- ered friends by the varied and appetizing banquets always to be had within the traps. Certainly lite is made easy for a varied host of birds at nearly 1,200 places of entertain- ment in this country. BUTCHER BIRDS MO- LKST TRAPS With the possible ex- ception of the house cat, the Shrike, or Butcher Bird, is per- haps the most danger- ous enemy of birds in and about traps at banding stations. The Common Shrike in the United States is a beautiful bird, with. 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 orig
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