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A BI-MONTHLY MAGAZINE 



DEVOTED TO THE STUDY AND PROTECTION OF BIRDS 



Official Organ of The Audubon Societies 



Vol. XXI 



January — February, 1919 



No. 1 



When the North Wind Blows* 



By A. A, ALLEN, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Ornithology, Cornell University 

 With photographs by the Author 



1'^HE winter Ducks offer another opportunity for the bird photographer. 

 Every winter there are large flocks of Canvasbacks, Scaups, and Red- 

 " heads on Cayuga Lake. There are certain weed-beds upon which they 

 feed, but none of them brings the birds close enough to the shore for successful 

 photography. It is not difficult, however, when one locates the feeding-place 

 of a flock, to bait them up to a blind by scattering a good supply of corn from 

 the bed where they are feeding up to the shore. An amusing incident occurred 

 last winter in such a blind that will illustrate how close the birds can be 

 drawn in. 



There was a small flock of Black Ducks frequenting the spot where the 

 Canvasbacks were being fed in about four feet of water. They were able to 



♦Concluded from Bird-Lore for December, 1918 



AT THE PERMANENT FEEDING-STATIONS MUCH CAN BE LEARNED OF THE HABITS 



OF THE DIFFERENT BIRDS 



This photograph shows the 'intimidation display' of the White-breasted Nuthatch 



