BLACKBIRDS, ORIOLES 



the height of one hundred feet in the giant 

 firs, or sometimes in an old woodpecker's hole, 

 or crevice about a building. The nest is 

 made of sticks, weed stalks, grass and rootlets 

 cemented with mud or manure. 



Although accused of doing some damage to 

 crops, the Brew^er blackbird consumes great 

 numbers of worms and grubs, crickets and 

 grasshoppers, and it is a common sight in the 

 spring and fall following the plow to snap up 

 the wriggling insects in the furrow. 



Bobolink, DoUclionyx oryzivorus. 7.00 

 Distribution: Eastern and central 

 North America in general. Occurring in the 

 west sparingly in British Columbia and south 

 through eastern Washington and Oregon, and 

 in Idaho and Nevada. Wintering in Brazil 

 and Paraguay. 



The bobolink lives in the open country 

 away from timber. It is found in the farming 

 districts and prairies of the eastern United 

 States in great abundance, ranging northwest 

 into eastern British Columbia and southward 

 very sparingly through eastern W^ashington 

 and Oregon, and rarely into California during 

 migrations. Only within recent years, how- 

 ever, has it appeared in any numbers west of 

 the Rockies. The bobolink is highly migra- 

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