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think was probably a 

 Great Black-backed Gull. 

 Three Mourning Doves 

 weer seen on December 

 4 ; two December 14 ; one 

 December 23 ; and five on 

 February 11. A farmer 

 told me that four Doves 

 came to his hog yard 

 every day during the 

 winter of 1921-22. Marsh 

 Hawks were seen on De- 

 cember 1, 5, 20, and Jan- 

 uary 9. A Bald Eagle 

 was reported to be stay- 



Photo by C. G. Groneman • i-i -i»«-. 



DOUBLE-NEST OF ORIOLE. THE SECOND NEST in £ 0n , e -^SSlSSippi 



was added the following season River below Rapids City 



during Christmas week, but I did not get to see it when I took 

 my bird census. About the middle of January one of the daily 

 papers printed an article from Geneseo, which stated that two 

 Bald Eagles were killed in Henry County that week. One of the 

 Eagles was carrying away a pig when it was shot by a farmer. 

 Residents of Rapid City told me three Bald Eagles stayed on or 

 near the river at that place during the winter of 1921-22. 



On January 13, a Flicker was seen with the birds that came 

 to my feeding shelf, and on January 20, another one was heard. 

 Goldfinches were seen or heard on December 3, 5, 13, 25, and 

 January 16, and on December 25 a Smiths Longspur was heard 

 calling several times while flying over. On December 24 and 25, 

 a Short-eared Owl was flushed from some long dead grass in a 

 dry pond not very far from our house. 



Two Bluebirds were seen on December 10 and some Robins 

 were reported to be staying on a farm three miles northeast 

 from here on the same date. Towards the end of February the 

 weather moderated, and the first migrants arrived. A Sparrow 

 Hawk was heard February 25, and a few Pintails came Feb- 

 ruary 27. Following is my record of the weather, and the ar- 

 rival and movements of the migrating birds during March and 

 up to April 2. March 1. Clear, 35 to 58 ; Goldfinches were heard 

 in the garden. 2. Cloudy, 43 to 66; A Killdeer, some Meadow- 

 larks and Blue birds were seen and heard. 3. Cloudy, rain and 

 thunder in the evening, 33 to 42; Meadowlarks and Bluebirds 

 were here again. 4. Partly cloudy, 32 to 37; A Flock of Red- 

 winged Blackbirds was seen flying over, and six Robins were 

 seen in the garden. 5. Cloudy, 17 to 37 ; A Bluebird stayed here 

 all day. 6. Partly cloudy, 30 to 47; Meadowlarks were heard 

 singing. 7. Clear, 19 to 32 ; a Great Horned Owl was hooting 

 in the evening. 8. Partly cloudy, 25 to 43; a Robin was here 

 in the morning. 9. Cloudy, rain and thunder; 40 to 40. 10. 

 Clear, 26 to 42; Meadowlarks became common, and in the eve- 



