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the corncribs I have never seen him actually eating corn. He is also here 
this winter and we see him frequently. Last summer we found a pair of 
them occupying a hole quite high in a dead quaking aspen tree. 
One evening I was coming in from the barn and I heard some birds 
scrapping in an oak tree and then one started to carry the other off. 
After several yards one fell in my path. I picked it up and found an 
unfamiliar bird which I later identified as a starling. I thought the other 
bird was an owl but it was too dark to be sure. I have seen no other 
starlings at any time but a neighbor, Mrs. Croften, about a mile south 
of us reports that they roost in their barn. 
I hear the goldfinches almost every day. Some cedar waxwings came 
one winter and fed on the seeds of the asparagus. They stayed about a 
week until they had eaten all the seeds, then disappeared. The cardinals 
are seen frequently along the open streams. They fed one winter at our 
hog trough and one day one came on the back porch. I found a nest in a 
small crab apple tree in a timber quite far from any house. Although 
people in the neighborhood put out feed for them, no one has reported 
their coming to a shelf for food. 
PORT BYRON 
Mr. F. F. Schaefer again reports for the Bulletin. 
Birds seen and heard during December, 1929: Bob-whites present, 
but not heard or seen very often. Rough-legged Hawks are rare, and stay 
here when there is no snow on the ground. Screech and Great Horned 
Owls can be heard nearly every night. Hairy, Downy and Red-bellied 
Woodpeckers are tolerably common. The Red-headed Woodpeckers all 
left during September and none are staying here this winter. One Flicker 
was heard Dec. 16, and one on Jan. 1, 1930. A few Prairie Horned Larks 
stay here when the ground is bare. Blue Jays are tolerably common and 
Crows are rare. The first Starlings seen here was on Dec. 25, at about 
9:30 A.M. when 6 were seen sitting on a large old burr oak about a hun- 
dred yards north of our house. On Dec. 28, three more were seen on the 
same tree. On Dec. 30, 2 alighted on the top of our hay barn where some 
pigeons were sitting. On the evening of Dec. 31, one was seen to go in 
the hay barn with the pigeons, and one on the evening of Jan. 1, 1930. 
I fear we are to have trouble with them next summer. Goldfinches were 
heard Dec. 5, 6, 7, and 17. A Longspur was heard while flying over 
Dec. 9. Tree Sparrows, Juncos, and Cardinals are very scarce here this 
‘ winter. Brown Creepers and Tufted Titmice are rare, and White- 
breasted Nuthatches and Chickadees are common. 
SAN JOSE 
This interesting record 1s from Mr.O.S. Biggs of San Fose, Mason County. 
“January 31, 1929, a man brought me for identification a bird he had 
caught in a barn near San Jose. As soon as I saw it I recognized it to be 
