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TREE SPARROW 'HISSING' AT A TRESPASSING ENGLISH SPARROW 



which not only made an excellent background but was especially adapted to 

 photographing groups of birds. 



To this choice weed-seed restaurant birds were at once attracted, the eager, 

 chattering throng soon numbering about three hundred. 



Many Tree Sparrows, a few winter Song Sparrows, squeaky-voiced Prairie 

 and Horned Larks, a female Red-winged Blackbird which probably was a 

 winter sojourner, and the dashing Snow Buntings cavorted around among the 

 lively group in a most vigorous manner. 



With the Snowflakes came a rare Lapland Longspur, and I was fortunate 

 to obtain several photographs of this unusual bird in as many attitudes. 





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