. Useful birds and their protection. Containing brief descriptions of the more common and useful species of Massachusetts, with accounts of their food habits, and a chapter on the means of attracting and protecting birds . -were in sight, which was aljout half the time. Several times a Black andWhite Creeper came, and ate a few i)upie eacli time. A Downy Wood-pecker was heard several times on the edge of the defoliated tract;finally he came into it, and was seen to take a few pup;e from theclustered masses, jjull them in pieces, and eat them. A pair of Great-crested Flycatchers were passing to
. Useful birds and their protection. Containing brief descriptions of the more common and useful species of Massachusetts, with accounts of their food habits, and a chapter on the means of attracting and protecting birds . -were in sight, which was aljout half the time. Several times a Black andWhite Creeper came, and ate a few i)upie eacli time. A Downy Wood-pecker was heard several times on the edge of the defoliated tract;finally he came into it, and was seen to take a few pup;e from theclustered masses, jjull them in pieces, and eat them. A pair of Great-crested Flycatchers were passing to and fro. One of them alightedon a tree near me, and, after hopping about for a little and taking oneor two small moths on the wing, it took a \m\rA from among the pineneedles on a small liouuli, and ate it. There was a famil\- of Black-.
Size: 1244px × 2009px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookpublisherb, booksubjectbirds
