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BIRD LIFE IN WASHINGTON 
BULLOCK ORIOLE 
We can almost forgive the man who 
lives in Western Washington but who has 
spent his childhood in the East when he 
misses the Orioles. 
Beautiful Bullock Oriole is found in 
Eastern Washington. He is dressed in 
yellow, orange and black. Occasionallv 
lie comes through the mountain passes to 
the western part of the state. 
I shall always remember a fine old 
grove of maples on the flats of the Colum¬ 
bia River where they sang for me. How 
I craned my neck and strained my eyes to 
see the nest which I knew should hang 
from the tops of those trees. 
My stay with them was short* or I 
should have ordered a nest made of special 
material for a souvenir. Should you wish 
one made of mother’s or sister’s hair, just 
place the material in the trees where the 
birds can find it. 
Caterpillars make fine dinners for Ori¬ 
ole. What a world full of troublesome in¬ 
sects Ave should have were it not for the 
birds? 
