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BIRD LIFE IN WASHINGTON 
They winter on the Sound. In Febru¬ 
ary and March they gather into a flock 
and go to Eastern Washington for their 
nesting season. 
They are not popular with the cattle 
men as they pick the backs of sore horses 
and annoy the cattle. 
It is true that they act as scavingers 
and we grant them this field of usefulness 
but condemn their habit of eating small 
song birds and their eggs. Even young 
chickens are their victims. 
