﻿BIRDS 
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  NEW 
  YORK 
  

  

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  until 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  driven 
  some 
  distance 
  from 
  home, 
  when 
  it 
  flies 
  out 
  farther 
  and 
  

   higher 
  over 
  the 
  water 
  and 
  returns 
  directly 
  to 
  the 
  original 
  spot 
  from 
  which 
  

   it 
  was 
  startled. 
  The 
  flight 
  of 
  this 
  Sandpiper 
  is 
  quite 
  unlike 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  

   members 
  of 
  the 
  family, 
  being 
  performed 
  by 
  well 
  measured 
  wing 
  beats, 
  

   with 
  the 
  wings 
  drooping 
  below 
  a 
  horizontal 
  line 
  and 
  both 
  wings 
  stroking 
  in 
  

   imison 
  like 
  the 
  oars 
  of 
  a 
  boat. 
  Its 
  call 
  of 
  peet, 
  ivect, 
  which 
  it 
  commonly 
  

   utters 
  when 
  startled, 
  is 
  similar 
  in 
  quality 
  to 
  the 
  love 
  song, 
  but 
  the 
  latter 
  

  

  Spotted 
  sandpiper's 
  nest 
  and 
  eggs 
  

  

  Photo 
  by 
  Clarence 
  F. 
  Stone 
  

  

  is 
  prolonged 
  into 
  a 
  shrill, 
  piping 
  crescendo, 
  uttered 
  as 
  before 
  stated, 
  both 
  

   when 
  the 
  bird 
  is 
  puffing 
  and 
  strutting 
  on 
  the 
  ground, 
  or 
  rising 
  with 
  upstretched 
  

   neck 
  and 
  rigidly 
  stroking 
  wings 
  over 
  the 
  nesting 
  site. 
  Its 
  diet 
  is 
  almost 
  

   wholly 
  insectivorous 
  and 
  its 
  interesting 
  habits 
  and 
  confiding 
  manner 
  should 
  

   commend 
  it 
  to 
  the 
  protection 
  of 
  man 
  rather 
  than 
  relegate 
  it 
  to 
  the 
  list 
  of 
  

   game 
  birds. 
  

  

  Nest 
  and 
  eggs. 
  Its 
  nest 
  is 
  usually 
  concealed 
  among 
  the 
  weeds 
  or 
  grass, 
  

   two 
  or 
  three 
  rods 
  from 
  the 
  brook 
  or 
  lake 
  shore, 
  or 
  under 
  a 
  tussock 
  at 
  the 
  

   edge 
  of 
  the 
  swamp 
  or 
  cornfield. 
  As 
  usual 
  in 
  this 
  family 
  there 
  are 
  only 
  a 
  

  

  