DELAWARE VALLEY ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB 



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Cause of destruction 









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13 



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spotted Sandpiper . , . 



19 



8 



11 



6 









2 





57+ 



Killdeer 



4 



2 



2 



1 









, , 



1 



50 



Hairy Woodpecker. . . 



3 



. . 



3 



, 











^ , 



100 



Downy Woodpecker . . 



3 





3 



. . 









, 



^ ^ 



100 



Red-headed Woodpecker. 



3 





3 



, , 









^ , 



, , 



100 



Flicker 



9 



3 



6 



1 







2 



, , 





66 4- 



Crow 



4 

 15 



1 

 1 



3 

 14 



1 



• • 







' 1 



• • 



15 



Starling ....... 



93+ 



Chipping Sparrow . . • 



4 



1 



3 



, . 









1 



, 



75 



Song Sparrow* 



4 



3 



1 



. , 









2 



2 



25 



Cardinal 



8 



5 



3 



2 



1 ? 









1 



37+ 



Rough-winged Swallow. 



2 



2 



, . 



2 











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Brown Thrasher .... 



5 



2 



3 



1 











1 



60 



House Wren 



4 



, , 



4 



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. . 



100 



Tufted Titmouse. . . . 



3 



2 



1 



^ . 



2? 











33+ 



Wood Thrush 



3 



2 



1 



, , 











2 



33 



Robin 



15 

 5 



11 

 2» 



4 

 3 



4 





4 



1 



, 





3 



26 + 

 60 



Bluebird 



Totals 



113 



45 



68 



18 



3? 



5 



2 



6 



10 



60 » 



The Spotted Sandpipers were very closely watched for three 

 seasons, 1913-14-15. During 1913-14 only one failure was 

 noted and this was due to the nest being flooded. During 1915 

 a professional egger discovered the whereabouts of the sand- 

 pipers, and six out of nine of the nests were robbed of their 

 contents. Of the remaining three one was flooded. It will be 

 of interest to note whether the birds will be as common next 

 spring as usual in this particular locality or not. 



While investigating the homes of the Flickers which came to 

 my notice, I was rather surprised to discover that their large 

 broods of five to seven usually dwindled to three or four 

 by the time they are ready to leave the nest, two or three in 

 each brood dying for some unexplainable reason. 



* A similar record taken several years ago of a larger number of nests of thif 

 bird showed only 10^ successful. 



' Flickers destroyed one. 



