APPENDTX B 
BIRDS OF THE NORTH 
The following lists will be found suggestive to bird students in the 
northern states. Observers should make similar lists for their own 
particular locality, and it will be of interest to compare them with these. 
WINTER Brirps 
Not many birds care to brave such winters as those of northern Maine 
and Vermont, Minnesota, and North Dakota, and most of the species 
that are called winter birds in Connecticut, Illinois, or Nebraska, for 
example, hie themselves a little farther south during the coldest weather 
in our northern latitudes, so that but few are found there between the 
middle of November and the middle of March. Those residing in a 
state during this period may be considered its winter birds. They live 
during this season mainly upon the seeds of weeds and the eggs and 
larve of insects, and thus do an immense amount of good, — probably 
much more good than an equal number during the summer season. 
They may be classified as permanent residents and winter visitants. 
1. Permanent Residents 
(a) Birds that are represented in a state throughout the year are its 
permanent residents. In the north these include the 
English Sparrow Great Horn:d Owl 
Prairie Hen Western Horned Owl 
Prairie Sharp-tailed Grouse Screech Owl 
Ruffed Grouse Northern Downy Woodpecker 
Canada Ruffed Grouse American Crossbill 
Sage Grouse (in western part of White-winged Cressbill 
Dakota) Canada Jay 
Bald Eagle Magpie (in western part of Dakota) 
Golden Eagle 
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