The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-14

and in places generally exposed 10 mans
reach and view.
The struggle for existence among birds
IS interesting. Observation and a study
OF their ways win prove this And the
Arboretum affords the best place and this
season the best time for the same. The
haWk in this place is the terror of all
Dlrds. lie ii is that frightens all but the
crow. But Mr. Crow is ready at all times
70 give him a battle, when he invades his
territory. Only the other day I heard
the shflh cav of some crows, and looking
up observed two attacking a hawk This
cry OF lhese two seemed to be a signal
Tor from every direction there presently
appeared crows flying in hot haste to the
attdck, perhaps the thought of their weak
ana guleless young not yet able to dy
more than from one near by tree to an
other squirting them on with renewed
herceness. To see the bold and skilful
manner the crows set upon Thief Hawk
impressed me with the proverb that. "in
union there is strength" for the crows
s%ooped down on the hawk, one after
another, while in fight with a vicious
ness bordering on fearlessness pecking
ana swapping him mercilessly Up and
down, hither and thAher, they chased him.
giving no rest and keeping quite close
until ne would lodge on some tree top,
the crows alighting nearby and edgjne bv
degrees closer and closer. The hawk flies
again in fear. The attack is renewed with
increased Vigor and the hawk is pecked
ana leased until he takes flight to some
distant place, where there are no crows
followed some distance by, crows in large
numbers, who soon return to look after
their young.
The crow himself is one of the greatest
marauder5 of the bird kingdom next 70
the haWk. He picks up everything living
ana Hlahimate for his family. Not long
rabbit in his bill Il is a common s;ebt re-
see crows carrying frogs toads and Young
plrds to their young A day or so ago I
saw a crow carrying a wriggling snake. a
root long, toward its nest The crow is
oeset IN turn by the king blackbird and
peched ana worried in a wicked way when
ne ventures in the vicinity of the black
olrds nest, or, in fact, at anv other tin1e
one plackbird will attack two crows Re
Hls sWiIter of wing and very bold thew
pother the crow very much especiaI1y5
when SIR crow ventures in his marauding
LOT 1000 by design or inadvertently near
the special territory of the blaclshird
evidently each species is expected TO keen
70 It's own section Robins also attach
the crow under similar circumstances
saw one recently suddenly and uuexnect-
edly ave down on crows back with such
1orce and energy that the crow uttered a
cav of terror and few off 70 o ,loJ a
place. ''iei
couple of redwing blockbirds have a
nest in the dong grass close 10 the 600
OF one OF the small ponds at the turn Of
the road leading up TO Observation nm
anu II IS edlfyIng to note the male birds
Watchtul care of its mate and voung
onouid any bird come near that pond
TedWing perched on a tree nsar-o,,
is ready to give battle A gentle robin cal,
cd down unto The edge of this pond tbis
morning, probably in search of a iuicv
worm for baby robins not far off tyben
redwing swoOped down viciouslv driving
MN OH. Redwing is king of that partic1
iar pond On the other hand, l was 2ook-
ing in the meadow yesterday when a red
wing allghted on a small cedar tree. IN
stantly robin uttered shill crv and At
lacked the redwing, who flew off On eoina,
10 the tree discovered a robins nest
with young The brown thrush is a good
defender of home also. Not long since
lound a thrush's nest with young in Ii
in q thorny bush close to the ground nd
well protected on top by the bush. When
near the nest the mother thrust came
screaming, with mouth open and ewes
ablaze, within couple of feet of nv
face
day ago I heard a queer scrambling
In thicket, and on looking saw a thrush
fighting a fOurteen-foot snake. Some enc
else coming along a the time made q
noise that frightened the bird away on
examining the snake it was found picked
and bleeding, having lost one eye in the
fight Had the thrush not been disturbed
it would have saved me the trouble of
killing the snake. 1t seemed to be a fight
on general principles, for 1 could not dis
cover a nest in the vicinity.
a catbird built nest and reared fam
lily of five in the large purple rhododen-
dTou bush at the foot of Hemlock Grove
During the heavy recent rains and cold
snap the female kept to the nest and both
she and the young were fed by the male.
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