. Wild animals of Glacier National Park. The mammals, with notes on physiography and life zones . LD ANIMALS OF GLACIER NATIONAL PARK. iiUy the two-syllabled ta-tib was given, but generally it was the longscolding chatter. AVhen finally relieved of our presence the parentsexpressed their feelings in various low notes followed by their sweettinkling song. The nest of the wrens is described by Mr. Stevensonas a small oven made of moss on the side of a rotten log. One of the winter wrens was seen by Mr. Gibb in July on LakeJosephine, and Mr. Bryant, of California, when in the park heardthem in ma
. Wild animals of Glacier National Park. The mammals, with notes on physiography and life zones . LD ANIMALS OF GLACIER NATIONAL PARK. iiUy the two-syllabled ta-tib was given, but generally it was the longscolding chatter. AVhen finally relieved of our presence the parentsexpressed their feelings in various low notes followed by their sweettinkling song. The nest of the wrens is described by Mr. Stevensonas a small oven made of moss on the side of a rotten log. One of the winter wrens was seen by Mr. Gibb in July on LakeJosephine, and Mr. Bryant, of California, when in the park heardthem in many places and found them much in evidence along LakeMcDonald and McDonald Creek. Mr. E. S. Bryant says they arecommon all winter. In April, 1918, Mr. Bailey found them singing in many placesalong the way, up the North Fork of the Flathead, and says: Onewas living under some logs of the road grade on the Fish Creek hill,where four feet of snow covered his dark, cold den. He would comeout and bubble away as if the flowers were blooming, then dive backinto the black caverns under the snow l) Photograph by R. B. UockwoU. Fi(j. 90.—Yoiins Rocky Motintaiu CERTHIID^: Creepers. Rocky Mountain Creeper: Certhia fam/lkirls montana.—Thelittle bark-colored creeper, rocking up to the top of one tree trunkand then flying down to the foot of another to start over again in hissearch for bark insects, may be easily overlooked in the dense coni-ferous forest; but his small beady note on the order of the wax-wings, when once heard will readily place him. Only one was seen,but a number were heard during the summer in various parts of thepark. Family SITTID^: Rocky Mountain Nuthatch : Slfta carolinensis nelsoni.—Thesmall short-tailed bluish gray bird with black crown and plain whit^ BIRDS. 193 cheeks, seen walking head down on the side of a tree trunk, wasfound on all sides of the park, notably at Many Glaciers, Going-to-the-sun Camp, Waterton Valley, Koaten
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