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think was probably a 
Great Black-backed Gull. 
Three Mourning Doves 
weer seen on December 
4: two December 14; one 
December 23; and five on 
February 11. A farmer 
told me that four Doves 
came to his hog yard 
every day during the 
winter of 1921-22. Marsh 
Hawks were seen on De- 
cember 1, 5, 20, and Jan- 
uary 9. A Bald Eagle 
was reported to be stay- 
DOUBLE-NEST OF ORIOLE. THE SECOND NEST Ing on the Mississippi 
WAS ADDED THE FOLLOWING SEASON River below Rapids City 
during Christmas week, but I did not get to see it when I took 
my bird census. About the middle of January one of the daily 
papers printed an article from Geneseo, which stated that two 
Bald Eagles were killed in Henry County that week. One of the 
Eagles was carrying away a pig when it was shot by a farmer. 
Residents of Rapid City told me three Bald Eagles stayed on or 
near the river at that place during the winter of 1921-22. 
On January 13, a Flicker was seen with the birds that came 
to my feeding shelf, and on January 20, another one was heard. 
Goldfinches were seen or heard on December 3, 5, 13, 25, and 
January 16, and on December 25 a Smiths Longspur was heard 
calling several times while flying over. On December 24 and 25, 
a Short-eared Owl was flushed from some long dead grass in a 
dry pond not very far from our house. 
Two Bluebirds were seen on December 10 and some Robins 
were reported to be staying on a farm three miles northeast 
from here on the same date. Towards the end of February the 
weather moderated, and the first migrants arrived. A Sparrow 
Hawk was heard February 25, and a few Pintails came Feb- 
ruary 27. Following is my record of the weather, and the ar- 
rival and movements of the migrating birds during March and 
up to April 2. March1. Clear, 35 to 58; Goldfinches were heard 
in the garden. 2. Cloudy, 43 to 66; A Killdeer, some Meadow- 
larks and Blue birds were seen and heard. 3. Cloudy, rain and 
thunder in the evening, 33 to 42; Meadowlarks and Bluebirds 
were here again. 4. Partly cloudy, 32 to 37; A Flock of Red- 
winged Blackbirds was seen flying over, and six Robins were 
seen in the garden. 5. Cloudy, 17 to 37; A Bluebird stayed here 
all day. 6. Partly cloudy, 30 to 47; Meadowlarks were heard 
singing. 7. Clear, 19 to 32; a Great Horned Owl was hooting 
in the evening. 8. Partly cloudy, 25 to 43; a Robin was here 
in the morning. 9. Cloudy, rain and thunder; 40 to 40. 10. 
Clear, 26 to 42; Meadowlarks became common, and in the eve- 





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