off the Virginia coast where the 
birds are now protected by law. 
The duck hawk may be found 
nesting on the Palisades of the 
Hudson almost within the limits 
of New York City. It builds 
nests on the ledges 
Duck Hawk 
of the towering cliffs. 
Group ; 

This hawk is a near 
relative of the falcon which was so 
much used for hunting in the Middle 
Ages. 
In August and September the meadows 
and marshlands in the vicinity of Hackensack, 
New Jersey, are teeming with bird life. In 
the group showing these Hackensack 

H nsack 
ogg meadows are swallows preparing to 
Meadow aie th riage eae 
oTe é ~ re cS 
aaoes migrate southward, bobolinks or rice 
birds infall plumage, red-winged blackbirds, 
rails and the wood duck. 
The wild turkey is a native of America and was once 
abundant in the wooded regions of the eastern portion of the 
United States, but is now very rare. It differs in color from 
Wild Turkey the Mexican bird, the ancestor of our common 
as barnyard turkey, which was introduced from eee ye 
obbds isla 
Mexico into Europe about 1530 and was 
brought by the colonists to America. (Reproduced from studies near 
Slaty Forks, West Virginia. ) 
The great blue heron usually nests in trees. The bird flies with its 
: neck curved back on its body and because of this habit can 
eee readily be distinguished from the crane with which it is 
Blue Heron : us 
Group frequently confounded. (Reproduced from studies near St. 
Lucie, Florida.) 
In the “bonnets” or yellow pond lily swamps with cypresses and 
Water cabbage palmettoes, the shy water turkey builds its nest. 
Turkey or It receives the name “turkey” from its turkey-like tail and 
“Snake-bird” the title “snake-bird” from its habit of swimming with only 
Group the long slender neck above water. (Reproduced from studies 
near St. Lucie, Florida.) 
The sandhill crane builds its nest of reeds in the water. Unlike the 
herons in this respect, it differs also in its manner of flight, 
always stretching its neck well out when on the wing. (Re- 
produced from studies on the Kissimmee Prairies of Florida.) 
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Sandhill 
Crane Group 


