. Birds of a Maryland farm : a local study of economic ornithology . NEARLY FLEDGED Pig. 18.—I>iiiuTaiti showing proportions i. ADULT >f food of crow blackbird (QuUcalus quiscula smeus), jrounand adult. the protection and encouragement of birds at nesting time is of primeimportance. Adults of the most numerous species on the farm areeither highly frugivorous or highly granivorous, hence the insectiv-orous habits of nestlings help considerably to establish the beneficent relation of birds to the farm - No. L7—02 4 50 BIRDS OF A MARYLAND FARM. III.—VERTEBRATE AND
. Birds of a Maryland farm : a local study of economic ornithology . NEARLY FLEDGED Pig. 18.—I>iiiuTaiti showing proportions i. ADULT >f food of crow blackbird (QuUcalus quiscula smeus), jrounand adult. the protection and encouragement of birds at nesting time is of primeimportance. Adults of the most numerous species on the farm areeither highly frugivorous or highly granivorous, hence the insectiv-orous habits of nestlings help considerably to establish the beneficent relation of birds to the farm - No. L7—02 4 50 BIRDS OF A MARYLAND FARM. III.—VERTEBRATE AND GAME. Crows.—Certain species of the larger birds were found to take ver-tebrate food. (rows and sonic of the hawks and owls destroyed usefulsmall birds and also game and poultry. On the Hungerford farmcrows were observed killing newly-hatched turkeys, and on the Bryan farm they were not uncommonly seen carrying off little most serious offense against the poultry interest, however, wasthe habitual stealing of eggs. During April, 1900, a crow came everyday and robbed a hens nest in the side of a hayrick at a
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