. American ornithology for the home and school . GREEN AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. 121 HABITS. The Green Heron is well known to all who spend much of their time outof doors. He is known by all manner of names in different localities. Itwill be a waste of time to learn them. It is much better to know the birdsby their true names. The habit of giving birds so many local namescauses much trouble to the real bird student. This is the heron that you most frequently flush from any pond always gives a shrill squawk or shriek, or series of them, as he startshis flight. His flight is easy and
. American ornithology for the home and school . GREEN AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. 121 HABITS. The Green Heron is well known to all who spend much of their time outof doors. He is known by all manner of names in different localities. Itwill be a waste of time to learn them. It is much better to know the birdsby their true names. The habit of giving birds so many local namescauses much trouble to the real bird student. This is the heron that you most frequently flush from any pond always gives a shrill squawk or shriek, or series of them, as he startshis flight. His flight is easy and not ungraceful. He carries his head wellback on his shoulders, and his legs hanging behind so that they resemblea lengthened tail feather. The description of this bird given by two cas-ual observers would be apt to disagree in one particular, the length of hisneck. If you see him only when flying or running along the edge of astream you would think that he had a very short neck, for he keeps itdrawn well back on his shoulders. In reality it is very long for
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