. The birds of California : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 580 species and subspecies of birds found in the state. Birds; Birds. The Cactus Wren = sort of support which promises to scratch the enemy sufficiently. In the San Fernando Valley I found one nest in a gooseberry bush (Ribes hesperiiim). Mr. Frank S. Daggett found a nest in an apricot tree, and another one, still more remarkable, on the cross arm of a power-line pole, near Azusa, at a height of thirty feet. Cactus Wrens tend to colonize in loose asso- ciation of from ten to twenty pairs. Their in- dividual attachmen
. The birds of California : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 580 species and subspecies of birds found in the state. Birds; Birds. The Cactus Wren = sort of support which promises to scratch the enemy sufficiently. In the San Fernando Valley I found one nest in a gooseberry bush (Ribes hesperiiim). Mr. Frank S. Daggett found a nest in an apricot tree, and another one, still more remarkable, on the cross arm of a power-line pole, near Azusa, at a height of thirty feet. Cactus Wrens tend to colonize in loose asso- ciation of from ten to twenty pairs. Their in- dividual attachments to locality are, moreover, very strong, and a practiced eye can iden- tify the nests of several successive years in one immediate neighbor- hood. The older nests are gray and discolored, while "this year's nests" may include the one in occupation, the one recently quitted by the first brood of the season, and a cock-nest or two in good repair. The males, quite certainly, use these extra nests as roosts during the breed- ing season, and it is probable that some of them are in commission the year around. The remaining wonder is how these birds, be they never so agile, can make their way about through the cruel cactus spines with impunity. They do not achieve immunity by in- stinct, for I have seen young birds lacerate. si Taken in Los Angeles County A THREE-STORY FLAT Photo by Wright M. Pierce 666. 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 original Dawson, William Leon, 1873-1928; Dickey, Donald R. (Donald Ryder), 1887-1932; Pierce, Wright M; Finley, William L. (William Lovell), 1876-1953; Brooks, Allan, 1869-1946. San Diego ; Los Angeles ; San Francisco : South Moulton Company
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