Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-05-09
NOTES OK THE FAUNA or WEIR
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doms Of uaturc
Take any body of water for example.
Animal and vegetable life are here mutually
dependent, celebrating and exchanging the
elements essential to the life of each. Here
| also the struggle for existence Is well seen.
Fish must look out for their enemies aqua
tic birds, quadrupeds, and others of their
| own kind. Humorous insects pass their
| secondary or larval stage in the water, thus
furnishing food for the jewellers in that elc-
mcnt, and in the winged state for many
landlords which always come tb;ther in the
| nesting season.
1t has long been observed lhat without GER
tain kinds of birds, agriculture as now prac-
| tlced, would be clearly impossible. The i'm
portance Of their mission can hardly be over
estimated d. But there are birds ana birds.
| While il all the facts were known and the
books fairly balanced, all species might be
found to subservc an important purpose in
carrying out the great plan OF compensation
in nature, yet some are, locally at least, a
cause OF much damage to crops, such as the
crows and blackbirde,
The work to be done is indeed manifold,
but the birds are legion, and fully equal to
| the task. To each family is assigned a par
tcula duty, for which it is especially
equipped. The swallows and nycatchers
strain the air eff insects by day, while the
whpporwills, owls aud olhct nocturnal
species keep the coast clear by night
Ihrushes and blackblrds us a rule take their
food from the tface of the ground. Tit
mice, nuthatches, and the like CLEAN from
| the surface of the bark, while the wood
peckers, armed with stronger wear ons, pierce
M a." w. 'lc saP"o"u Vi INC tiee' wilson
iss, NV uc'ptcs cuaptcr 70 inc lorag-
,n y. Ii'us pu's inc case OF 'he
w. well wien ne says ,hcy pear
,h nv I E1 l,lA'',n 10 o'ner nHus that take
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1ern Dt , w. tlii usuoS anu qI"i,S' iheS
u,n in'H 'Hc Noo'' as VIC shlpc o'tGS lhto
,h o ; SOL Mi,''c tl,us,'eS IN" ans seek
',ro,,'I 'i'"' 0'""' V" ''' s"''acc u 'he
s'J P', ,o,,. :, a..
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go ~. 90 W l'ic May Woous lor inc
a!S , anu see 'I!c haPP} lhighe OF "arDlers
a." VIZ 81. W. tleIl INWARD lilSratlor' or
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"'',t ~. l"hng 'hc'r luSecllV-
0'oIS ~, ilUlil tHc 'ca'cs'
ll'p'llcut 1T tIe sio"lng apple
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49, ~ Us "n'I" .u'eat'n us me IL no' uu,y
on,'r.';Iia AZ AuI",' 'G nom vi lhG tent
oa'J r i.,ci coii'c' ny h's"t "uu a'laches us
oari i ,II W oHsS 10 lhe t"lSs' inese
"ni uc.eIui'i ~ sPilH3, numerous craving
p."sonS "uion Sp'i 'ueit si,Nr" "co over
s no '.n.,i !V''?S VI mp'vH 'L'f c0n'ihua!'
uUn ui.''' '"sSl'H inlu Ihc c'i''sa'' 10 hu"-
s soan,n'', n'nic l"sTc'S sPrGaH lh,lr micro
i honppn,,, !isH XXI tnc nlIN o'Hets pore
~ 'uc '.'t. nhcucV'I u iinio uIeaks OH ana
10y se,a ~ spItuulhS 10 'He hcar', up
1otiiu aus anu piS"IlItS from Tue ground 10
p pr,'' VIio 't1t 4u" nhS'I1 '"c G'syIuG'ion'
~. ~ "'!us "e mere tac" WIN us
i"a'.uuia' ou9'IcsS uss'Eueu W icaiy 10 RIA
- l'''''at'co' mus uiGely ~ tue
G Tho,a - ";',"nJ' VI nature polSc',
l., 49,. - 'ilr iuNi"' nuPPluF over 'He lI"sh-
p plo"Gu HL"uh", or EGeh,s%mn ny inc
,hnIa m S,,, ic"'t e'cyl ny lahcs Ill lhe
Tnoc s,t,'I' lou az slance having an eye TO
| ,nG EiuuIu as Wei ~ us observer Moving
u,"nY "'onE WIN uncoIctineu an nc stop
snaI, "a, inteIv"ls anu Iails 70 tecElnE
ny sNuouIf sum- w u at MS rect NO"
II ID RruD' cut'"ofm or some other
enemy o! thG agrlcuitut'st mat mas talen
"nptl iooln sllalP hammer. ,
| nus el'hei ""'h Ut noP WINE In quest OF
| l1ou on Ihc srounu' ihrusues ana inches
uuser'e '',t iolillel houe OF iocomo'ion, "hi'c
nus, vi tnc stailing i~hliy' notably the
olachoIius anu inc nieauow.iatK are regular
peuIs'''ans' At Is interesting 10 watch inc
numiy uillvcu oiachoiius III spring, when
attract particular trleh'loh from 'helr com,
.hunls''c haoIts' lhey are unit at all
llnics nesting IN communities, ana lying
anu leeuihS IN Douy' GU sec them
uot'ins the Dare PaVches III the nelus, closely
lnttnt On the Drown s'uuo!e. lhey are
ParuY g'aurVorous anu parity lhsecAvorous,
nehct, rs iIsoh riaeg observes thclr food
10 quite eVtnIy distributed, so they md 1t
e9ualS ptoutaDe 10 l"fage In company.
Inc Hnches' whose ioou IS scattered In
aouhuanee Wherever louhu' l'eu also IN
nochs' Not So as the same writer points
our! Is II WIN lhe thrush family, like the
| room, lor instance whose 1000, mainly
INSECTS Is distributed Win h'iie regularity.
iience, hc says the more theY distribute
themselves, thc Detter they fare. The same
Is also true OF the woodpeckers, tllmice,
cieepeis, WHOSE loou Is cqualiy abundant at
| all times 'ol the year ana they are but
partially migratory ID consequence
Inc slate-hooueu sho"oird, called also the
PACK sho"Dird Is goou example or the
hLcn lahlly' b1dc@ Is hardly the epllhet to
apply 10 TINS species whose coat is blush,
ASH OF STATE darkest IN the male since the
ilrst spring day (Which IN this locality
central New ilamphlre-was March 22d),
these familiar lltlle walls have been very
abundant hylng about IN loose focks and
WISHING every Dry patch OF ground in the
vicinity. II Is pleasant TO hear them on Il
March morning chlrpins Justify among the
trees by the house. accompanied by the
purple inches and red squirrels. 1t is like
the Inauguration OF the daily morning an
them, which we do not hear at lis best until
the master singers arrive in June. When
II rains they oil tune up again as If to we.-
CONT uuu encourage luls agent III destroying
the snow. Their singing is quite varied.
They have pleasanl MARBLE chirping re-
Train like the chipping sparrows and
occasionally you hear succession of harsh,