. The birds of Washington : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state . ion the resemblanceto the stub of a broken limb is remarkable. In my experience of these birds in Yakima, Benton, Chelan, and Okano-gan Counties, deserted nests of the Magpie or Crow were invariably used bythe Owls, and then only those to be found at moderate heights in swamp-willow thickets or groves of quaking asp. April is the nesting month and April loth is the . __ _ date for fresheggs, but others,possibl_y secondsets, have beentaken in eggs, fromfour to six inn
. The birds of Washington : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state . ion the resemblanceto the stub of a broken limb is remarkable. In my experience of these birds in Yakima, Benton, Chelan, and Okano-gan Counties, deserted nests of the Magpie or Crow were invariably used bythe Owls, and then only those to be found at moderate heights in swamp-willow thickets or groves of quaking asp. April is the nesting month and April loth is the . __ _ date for fresheggs, but others,possibl_y secondsets, have beentaken in eggs, fromfour to six inn u m b e r, arenormally of adelicate clearwhite, but theysoon becomenest-stained andare often blood-marked. Bothparents are usu-ally at home andactively interest-ed in their instance willsuffice. Havingsighted a likelylooking Crowsnest about tenfeet up in a wil-low clump of aswamp borderingLake Chelan, Imade towards my ap-]3roach an Owlslipped noiseless-ly from the nest .:.,. i^^-- and left me to Taken in Benton County. Photo by the Author plan the ascent a nesting site of the \red 462 TIIE l.( )XC,) ( )\\L. tlirii an ii£^ly tangle of saplings. As T started in I heard the overtnrc of acaterwauling contest, just as when Thcmias remarks. n\--(i-o-o-a-(n^\ andXatnre catches her lireath to hear what .Maria will saw I paused and can-vassed the morale of my cnntemplaled aciiun; then hastily rexiewed thechances of wild-cats: and ihen reached fur m\ gun. Xot until I had actnallvseen ihe mulher bird, fur it was she. emilling one of those gruesome s(| 1 helieve that the noise came fiDiu an ( )wl. after doubt was atrest, llie cr\- seemed not less like llie snail if aii angr\ feline. To aclfl to theterrors of llie defensi\e. the hushand aiul father came u]) and literalh pro-ceeded to spreadhimself. Wingsand tail werespread to theutniiist. and e\ervfeather was ruf-fled to the fullestextent,—all in amanner calculatedto strike ter
Size: 1292px × 1933px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthordawsonwilliamleon1873, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900
