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Bird - Lore 



On OMoIkt f >; ;i, ■.tujAc Trcc! S));i,rrf)W w;i,s 

 found. A l'nr|(lc I'hkIi iiikI ;i,I)<)Ii1 (ivit 

 Savanri;i,li Sjcurow:, were ;i,l;,o nolcl. 'I'lic 

 'IVco SwallowH wore quif:c nunicroiis over llic 

 marshes where 1.hey roost, in s()i1.e of the f.i.i I 

 Ih.'il. il is w;i,y Ix'yond l.heir usuid fiei)art.ing 

 rliilc. They will probably stay as lonf< as the 

 warm weJit.her hists. 



The miKralion on I he whole has been 

 rather hIow this fall, .di lioujdi it started early. 

 The Hummer birds, as ;i, nile, have remained 

 lonj^er than customary, while the transient 

 and winter rni^;r;i,id:s fiave b(<-n, for the most 

 part, ]at(\ The Warblers havi- not Ihimi very 

 numerous, t.he M;i,f^nolia, as last sjiring, bein;;; 

 the best re[)reseiited. S. (,'hai<(,kh Kkn- 

 i>I';h;ii, I'rrsidml of ('(irdiiud Ornillio/oi'j'iid 

 Cluli, Ohcrlln, Ohio. 



MiNNi'iM'oi.i:; (MiNNi'iso'rA) Kr»,(;ioN. - 

 Tiie inleni'.cly w;iriri weiilher of mid Aii|Mi:;I, 

 continued until the ^i^t.li, with diiily l(;myer- 

 atures of over 90" ;i,tid midnight temjieratures 

 of 80" on one or two occasions. On the 24th, 

 tliere was a suflden droj) from 87" t,o 56" 

 with a high wind and rain. I'.iil w;irm 

 weather soon returned and (onlinned wilii 

 slight interniplions throughoni Ihe month 

 of Septcmlxr. I'Vom September 4 to 

 there w.'i.s a, record-breaking sjxll of hot. 

 wciither for this locality -y6" t.o 98" at noon 

 and very warm nights. On September \(>, ;i, 

 lijdil frost occurred at Minneapolis, while 

 in I Ik- northwest.ern part of the state the 

 t(tm|)erature was below fre(;/Jng -30" at 

 Thief River I'alls. The average temj)erature 

 for Sej)tember at Minneapolis was 65.6°. 

 October began very warm 68", on the ist 

 72" on the 2d, and 8c;", wilh a mitiimum of 

 68" on the 4th, the hottest October weather 

 on record here, 'i'lie U. S. weather observer 

 remarked "W(; hiul IIk; hottest Sef)tember 

 in years and Oclobcrr is setting out to beiit 

 Se|)l(:mber." lUit it turned cooler ;i,ft.er this, 

 and on the morning of the (;th, there was the 

 first heavy frost at Minne;i,|)olis. A (lurry of 

 snow occurred ui) at Duluth on the i^th. 



August 16. Found a brood of young Robins 

 about ready tf) l(rav(^ the; ncist. This is a late? 

 record. 



Aiifiiisl i(j, in ^j. Made a visit to the Pine 

 (bounty State Refuge. 'I'his is a large tract 



of some five f)r six townsliijjs lliat h;i,s jjeen 

 set aside recently as a wild life refuge. It, 

 lies along the St. Ooix River, about 75 

 iniles northeast of Minneapolis, ft is a wild 

 ;i,nd rough region, with few settlers, many 

 streams, and was once heavily timberetl with 

 evergreens and other trees, but is now largely 

 without heavy forest, exce[)t along the rivers 

 ;i.r)d streams, as it was devastated \)y the 

 great Minckly (ire of many years ago. Ruffed 

 (irouse, Prairie Chickens, and Sharp-tailed 

 Grouse are abundant, the last two species in 

 about equal numbers. 



Auyiisl 21 (ind 22. Night hawks mi)',r;i,ling 

 in large number:, nil 'l;iy. 



Sr.pU'.mhr.r 1. I>r. ('•. II. Lnedike, ;i,t I'air- 

 mount, Martin ('ounty, re()orted that on this 

 date several American Red Orossbills 

 visited his yard .'uid hdcr fed upon sun- 

 (lower see<ls and iriade frequent use of his 

 bird bath. 'I'hese were early wanderers 

 from tlu^ir summer home in the northern j)art 

 of the state. 



Scpir.mher 16. Spent the day at the Long 

 Me;i,dow (iuri (jlub Preserve, 10 miles 

 south of Miime.'i,|)olis, in the valley of the 

 Minnesota River. It was the oi)ening day 

 of the l)iick season. About 65 Oucks were 

 killed by j7 liunters, as compared with over 

 a hundred on the ojjcning day last year. The 

 s|)ecies killed this year were, in the order of 

 abundance, iilue-winged Teal, I'intail, Bald- 

 [)ate, and Mallard. At this j)lace, so close to 

 the Twin Cities, 1,048 iJucks were shot 

 during the season last year. The number of 

 each s|)ecies taken indicates pretty closely 

 the relative abundance. The club register 

 shows: I'intails 299, 'Bluebilis' (mostly 

 King-necks) 208, Teal (nearly all Hlue-wings) 

 154, Mallards 136, lialdpates 120, Spoonbills 

 .•i6, Redheads 7, Black Ducks ('Dusky' 

 MnJIards) 4, 'Fish Duck' i, unclassified 83. 



Scldcmbcr 17. While on the 'Duck i)ass' at 

 daybreak, the most interesting thing that 

 ha|)pen(;d was the aiirial (light and marvelous 

 evolutions that follow the awakening of 

 thousands it seemed millions — of Tree 

 Swallows that had spent the night roosting 

 on t he wild rice and canes of the sloughs. This 

 bega,n at 5.40, a short time before sunrise. 

 The morning was cool, the sky slightly over- 

 cast, and but little wind stirring. The 



