. The book of birds, common birds of town and country and American game birds . hout the United Stateswest to Texas, Colorado, and Montana, and insouthern Canada; winters in the southern halfof the lireeding range. Habits and economic status:. This blackbirdis a beautiful species, and is well known fromits habit of congregating in city parks and nest-ing there year after year. Like other specieswhich habitually assemble in great flocks, it iscapable of inflicting much damage on any cropit attacks, and where it is harmful a judiciousreduction of numbers is probably sound policy. It shares with
. The book of birds, common birds of town and country and American game birds . hout the United Stateswest to Texas, Colorado, and Montana, and insouthern Canada; winters in the southern halfof the lireeding range. Habits and economic status:. This blackbirdis a beautiful species, and is well known fromits habit of congregating in city parks and nest-ing there year after year. Like other specieswhich habitually assemble in great flocks, it iscapable of inflicting much damage on any cropit attacks, and where it is harmful a judiciousreduction of numbers is probably sound policy. It shares with the crow and blue jay the evilhabit of pillaging the nests of small birds ofeggs and young. Nevertheless it does muchgood by destroyin,g insect pests, especiallywhite grubs, weevils, grasshoppers, and cater-Iiillars. Among the caterpillars are armyworms and other cutworms. When blackbirdsgather in large flocks, as in the MississippiAalley, they may greatly damage grain, eitherwhen first sown or wdien in the milk. In win-ter they subsist mostly on weed seed and wastegrain. 16.
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