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seven feet from the ground; the nest contained young and they were 
banded. In 1933 we found the same nest in use by Kingbirds and the 
young were banded. ‘This last year the tree was down on the ground but 
there was a Kingbird’s nest within twenty-five feet of the same spot, but 
as we were two weeks earlier than usual, the nest had eggs instead of 
young. 
An old friend, a Blue Jay, came back to us again in 1934, which makes 
ten years that have passed since it was first banded as an adult bird—so 
it is at least eleven years old. 
A man came to write a story about Bird Banding for a magazine and 
as we were showing him around, we came to the last traps and there were 
nine Bob-whites! The first we had ever trapped! Could one have planned 
a better grandstand publicity stunt? 
Another Saw-whet Owl brought our total up to ten. 
Our total of birds banded up to 1935 is past 65,000: The’ outstand- 
ing totals are as follows: Herring Gull 14,702, Ring-billed Gull 2,985, 
Common Tern 7,699, Caspian Tern 3,490, Brown Creeper 1,296, White- 
throated Sparrow 1,200 plus, Slate-colored Junco 5,051, Fox Sparrow 
1,554, Lincoln and Swamp Sparrow about 350 each, Song Sparrow 882, 
Harris Sparrow, regular for 13 years, total 59, Bronzed Grackle 1,536, 
Robin 1,908, Waterthrush 438, Ovenbird 486. 
W. I. Lyon. 
A Flicker | enement 
In my back yard, about thirty feet from a large dining-room window, 
stands what my family is pleased to call an unsightly object, i. e., the re- 
mains of a huge Cottonwood tree that about ten years ago was struck by 
lightning. Half of the top was broken off, and one side of the tree denuded 
of bark. The tree was still alive when we acquired the property, but soon 
after a severe windstorm finished the job, and it was necessary to saw 
off the stumps of the four main branches. 
This dehorning left a slightly flaring top, and within a short time 
all evidences of life disappeared and slow decay set in. 
The trunk, however, seemed still solid, so it was used as the center 
of clothes line distribution. Many birds during spring and summer used 
the stub as a perch, and from time to time Woodpeckers, Flickers, Dow ny 
and Red-heads investigated its possibilities as a building site. 
