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also two Swamp Sparrow nests, one on July 13, four eggs, and one the 
14th with three eggs. An Indigo Bunting nest containing two eggs was 
found in a blackberry clump July 17. 
A ‘Tree Sparrow had its nest and two eggs in a bird house located near 
the camp grounds and when anyone would come near, the bird would 
extend her head and keep a watchful eye until all seemed safe. “’wo Kill- 
deer nests were located near a farm house three miles from the lake, one 
on July 20 and the other on July 22. Mourning Doves were abundant, one 
nest with two young was found in a low birch in an open pasture a mile 
from the lake on July 22. Short-billed Marsh Wrens nested near the 
sphagnum bog; three nests were found, one July 25 (three eggs), one July 
26 (two eggs), and the last July 29 (three young and one egg). A Red- 
headed Woodpecker’s nest was found on July 29 with three young, and on 
July 30 a Flicker’s nest was found containing three eggs. 
An unusual find was that of the nest of a lone pair of Ospreys on 
July 30 in a very remote wooded spot about one mile south of the lake. 
It contained three young birds. 
House Wrens were everywhere about the camp grounds; a total of 
six nests were located on three succeeding days. ‘The little fellows built a 
nest in most every nook and corner. I remember a certain morning when 
one of the boys came to my tent with his shirt on and carefully carrying 
his pants before him. This was his clean pair and he had fallen prey to a 
Wren. I had always told the boys not to disturb the nest of any bird 
under any circumstances. “This boy had had his pants hung out on a line 
and a Wren had filled one leg with sticks and layed an egg! On another 
occasion the Wrens -uilt a nest in a pair of high top boots. 
Over one hundred species of birds observed, and nests of twenty-eight 
species found, was my reward for the pleasant time spent on a little known 
lake in the Badger State. 
Photograph by A, M. Bailey 
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