. 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 Wilson Phalarope As it happened once, so it happened a dozen times; and a like experi- ence befell not only upon each of two succeeding Junes, but it has been practically repeated every season since, where Wilson Phalaropes have been encountered at all. Others testify to the same experience. Mr. Robert E. Rockwell, writing of the Barr Lake region, in Colorado, de- clares this Phalarope to be "the most baffling bird as regards nesting habit
. 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 Wilson Phalarope As it happened once, so it happened a dozen times; and a like experi- ence befell not only upon each of two succeeding Junes, but it has been practically repeated every season since, where Wilson Phalaropes have been encountered at all. Others testify to the same experience. Mr. Robert E. Rockwell, writing of the Barr Lake region, in Colorado, de- clares this Phalarope to be "the most baffling bird as regards nesting habits with which our field work has brought us in ;1 He says further: "That the nests are wonderfully well concealed both through protective coloration of the eggs and through the cunning of the parent. Taken in Fresno County AN ANXIOUS FATHER Photo by the Author birds, is beyond question; yet this alone would hardly explain our lack of success in finding the nests; for had the birds been actually nesting in the numbers their relative abundance would seem to indicate, it would hardly have been possible for us to fail in our search so ; And he offers the suggestion that the local summer population contains a large admixture of non-breeding birds who, nevertheless, evince an interest in Condor. Vol. XIV., p. 122. Il87. 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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