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Bird - Lore 



TilE IHKASHKR IN MOLTING IIME 

 Photographed by Wilbur F. Smith 



of the tfround inside the so-callefl cal-proof fence is confined to accredited 



adult l)ir(l-slu(leiUs admitted l)y personal card. To carry out the purpose of the 



place, there must be a degree of quiet that 

 cannot be had in a semi-public resort. 

 Neither is general bird photography 

 allowed; birds can be disturbed and 

 driven from their haunts by rearranging 

 the surroundings of their nests as surely 

 as by shotguns or egg-collectors. 



The record of birds seen in 191 7 was 

 as follows: Species seen, 147. Species 

 nesting in Sanctuary, 24 — with 102 indi- 

 vidual nests, as listed below: Robin, 22; 

 Wrens, 13; Song Sparrow, 13; Field 

 Sparrow, 11; Catbird, 8; Brown Thrash- 

 ers, 5; American Goldfinches, 2; Cedar 



^- '~'HBH Waxwing, i; Bluebirds, 2; Maryland 



'^' Bh^ Yellow-throats, 3; Blue-winged Warbler, 



I ; Towhee, 3 ; Great-crested Fly-catcher, 

 i; Chat, i; Black-billed Cuckoo, 2; 

 Phoebe, i ; Wood Pewee, i ; Flicker, 



4; Rose-breasted Grosbeak, i; Screech Owl, i; Red-eyed Vireo, 2; Chimney 



Swift, 2; Quail, i covey of 7. 



One-hundred and thirty birds killed b}- natural causes were brought in by 



children. Permission having been given 

 us l)y the State Commission of Fish and 

 Game to retain these birds, they were 



||| j^ ^^^^H mounted by the warden, who is a 



taxidermist, for the museum, and dupli- 

 cates kept as "skins" for exchange. 



If this great annual loss of bird-life 

 could be more frecjuently saved from 

 waste by this method, it would be pos- 

 sible to form small collections for school 

 study without taking the life of a bird. 



The indi\idual birds and mammals 

 taken in the Sanctuary are as follows (we 

 have a state permit to destroy any bird 

 that is detrimental to the Sanctuary), 

 during 1917-1918: 



English Sparrows, 269; European 

 THE THRASHER THAT WINTERED Starlings, 542. Thcsc two spccics destroy 



Photographed by Wilbur F. Smith thc UCStS t)f Uiorc UScful birds and COn- 



