﻿BIRDS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  

  

  263 
  

  

  breeds 
  in 
  every 
  county, 
  excepting 
  Franklin 
  and 
  Hamilton, 
  and 
  may 
  yet 
  be 
  

   found 
  in 
  the 
  lower 
  portions 
  of 
  these 
  counties. 
  In 
  the 
  southeastern 
  portion 
  

   of 
  the 
  State 
  it 
  arrives 
  from 
  the 
  south 
  from 
  the 
  6th 
  to 
  the 
  20th 
  of 
  April; 
  

   in 
  the 
  western 
  portions 
  from 
  the 
  25th 
  of 
  April 
  to 
  the 
  5th 
  of 
  May. 
  Its 
  time 
  

   of 
  departure 
  in 
  the 
  fall 
  seems 
  

   to 
  vary 
  greatly 
  according 
  to 
  dif- 
  

   ferent 
  observers. 
  I 
  have 
  found 
  

   it 
  in 
  western 
  New 
  York 
  to 
  be 
  

   from 
  the 
  5th 
  to 
  the 
  15th 
  of 
  

   October 
  and 
  Dr 
  Fisher 
  in 
  West- 
  

   chester 
  county 
  from 
  the 
  2d 
  to 
  

   the 
  20th 
  of 
  October. 
  Others 
  

   give 
  it 
  as 
  earl}" 
  in 
  September. 
  

  

  The 
  Green 
  heron, 
  Fly-up- 
  

   the-creek, 
  Shitepoke 
  or 
  Chalk- 
  

   line, 
  is 
  perhaps 
  the 
  most 
  famil- 
  

   iar 
  member 
  of 
  this 
  family 
  in 
  

   most 
  parts 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  

   found 
  along 
  the 
  small 
  streams 
  

   and 
  ponds, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  larger 
  

   swamps 
  and 
  lakes. 
  Its 
  food 
  is 
  

   principally 
  frogs, 
  minnows 
  and 
  

   crawfish. 
  The 
  voice 
  of 
  this 
  

   little 
  heron 
  is 
  shriller 
  and 
  less 
  

   hoarse 
  than 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  

   herons, 
  a 
  somewhat 
  guttural 
  

   qua-qua. 
  It 
  is 
  more 
  easily 
  ob- 
  

   served 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  its 
  diurnal 
  habits 
  and 
  like 
  the 
  Kingfisher 
  and 
  Spotted 
  

   sandpiper 
  is 
  the 
  interesting 
  companion 
  of 
  many 
  a 
  canoe 
  trip 
  on 
  our 
  New 
  

   York 
  rivers. 
  They 
  breed 
  singly 
  or 
  in 
  small 
  colonies, 
  the 
  nest 
  being 
  placed 
  

   in 
  an 
  alder, 
  willow 
  or 
  thorn 
  tree 
  not 
  far 
  from 
  the 
  creek 
  and 
  usually 
  about 
  1 
  5 
  

   feet 
  from 
  the 
  ground. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  slovenly 
  structure 
  of 
  small 
  sticks 
  and 
  is 
  con- 
  

  

  Photo 
  by 
  L. 
  S. 
  Horton 
  

   Green 
  heron's 
  nest 
  and 
  eggs 
  

  

  