Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1890-05-28
WEATHER PROVERBS.
What the Little Birds Tell While Nesting
and ON Inc Wing.

What the Little Birds Tell While Nesting
and ON Inc Wing.
That birds have long been guides to sail
ors and agrieulturists every cue who knows
any thing about popular weather prognos-
tics is well aware. Not only have the Fight
! and general action of birds been noted bv
all civilized nations, saws the Savannah
| tGa.) News, but among barbarous tribes in
this and other lands the migratory habits
j OF the feathered tribe have discounted prog-
nostics of Government signal bureaus.
4 Wind, rain and other atmospheric eliauges
are predicted by those who narrowly watch
! the migration of birds, and sailors in par
i hcular, Who are close observers Of the
! heavens above. the atmosphere around them
ana the waters beneath them, base their
! prognosties on all the peculiar phases of
land, water and sky ana the clements Of life
| which people them.
Among the birds which serve to guide tho
sailors to look out for squalls, the saiiol exs
! poets wind when the cormorants fly land
ward. Ii the gull scars to lofty heights
/ and, circling round, utters shrill cries, IA
storm is approaching, If the parrots wins
| tie on shipboard it will rain If they dress
their feathers and are wakefuI it will
storm the next day. II the petrels gather
under the stern of a ship bad weather will
, follow, The stormy petrol surely betokens
stormy weather, and no sooner do they
gather in numbers under the wake of q ship
than sailors prepare 10 meet an impending
tempest.
Hunters are close observers of the habits
OF birds, and many prognostics are learned
from the vocabulary of an experienced
hunter, who will stay in doors in the morn
ing when an amateur hnnterwill be tempted
out by clear Sky, to come bacil in the rain,
or will find that moderate temperature in
the morning is no sure precursor Of Il warm
day. Among the proguostics the hunter
draws From birds a few will suffice
II b.sds in the autumn grow tal-e,
The " n'er VIII be too cold or game
Bats flying late in the evening Indicate
fair weaJhcr,but il they squcalg 1yiag it will
rain on the following day a solitary buz-
zard at Il great altitude indicates rain, but
II buz2alNs 1ir hgh together il VIII be fair
weather. II chickens crow before sundown
1t will rain the next day. Il they run to
shelter it wiiln rain long. L they cone
oH the roost ai night rain win soon follow.
The 2uni Indian hunters say that when
chimney swallows circle and cali they sDeak
cf ram, and Indians predict deep fan Of
snow when grouse drum al nipht. Hunters
aud iisherE!on have G saying that "there
VIII be no ram the day the crane fies down
the crcek' One crow lying along is IL
sign OF foui weather, but il crows fly in
pairs the weather win be fine. II crows
make much noise and ly in a circle rain is
expected II the cuckoo haloos in low
land IL will rain, if on high land it will be
fair. Domestic fowl look toward the sky
before ram and so 10 roost in the daytime
II they stand on one leg the weather will
he cold If birds are fat and sleek in Feb
ruary it Is sign Of more cold weather. If
geese wall, east and lily west 1t will be cold
An old proverb says: "When the hen
crows expect storm within and Without"
and hunters say that the direction the loon
flies IN tho morning viii be the direction of
the wind tne next day. Owls hootng in the
daytime indicates rain, but If at night the
weather will be fair.
When the peacood loudly bawls
Soon Well have both rain and squalls.
Pigeons return to their doyccotes uuusu-
ally early before il rain. The habits of wild
geese are watched, and furnish many prog,
uostics. The following 10 a popular verse.
Wild geese, W Id geese, goiag TO the sea-
Good weather 1t will be;
Wild geese wild geese going to the hilI ]
The weather IL Will spill.
In Kansas, when wild geese fly to the
southeast IN the fall, the people expect d
blizzard.
There are many proguosties at the season
which have their origin ia the glerations OF
birds, and in the peculiar formation aud APP
peaiance Of the goose bone, which IS to-day
looked epoG by thousands of people as
sure progaostiGo' what the coi.Ijag winter
VIII te aul IN Kentucky, fl the issue should
Aa Raised whether the SieNei Service Bu-
ragt loo frs., IA H4,rf4 a. J.
taelen WoUs3 ciag to tho goose cone: in
fact -lcnrY Natt1rson, il ne hA& 20 choose
be,waen TIE star eyed goddess Of reform
anc the goose bone, you'd not dare to Of
fond 4eolucld " ay disearlpg the pro-
phetc bone. y he people Of Kentucky say
II the breast bone OF u goose is red, or has
many red spots, e3peee a cold and stormy
winter, 5Jgt Il Only q feH' spots are visible,
the " nter Wi.l be nad, ns.d they furnish
ta9 tel'o%itE reeipe so tllo' II Innv be read
in1eihgeAtly, WhieA iastfsr.t.ons are as fol-
lows;
"To read tho Kinter Of any year take the
bre 81 bone Of q goose hatehed during the
preceding spiins. Tha bone is ,ranslu-
cent, and It Will ho found to be colered and
spos.ea. The dark eoior and heavy spots
iadl,;ste eoid. If Inc spots are Of light shade
'-ad transparent. wet Hagtser, rain or snow
may be looked forn
Whel wild geese ana wild dueks move
south the weather win hsi cold, il north.
the weather viii bo warm, aud The birds
migrate south much earlier If the winter
VII be carly. A severe winter f.llagvs if
crows ily south, but if they ily nocth il will
be aB opea wintor. No killing faost comes
Wiieo out nidrl,us, tura 10 oueir ell h..QrLS,
and the first gong OF the robin IS the voice
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