Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1909-02-12
. Birds o orzl Dakota
Both side,.s,4 res

@WUouSQ SHORES 5SanQsSDeyOnQ the pra1rss
lies, this IS accounte ID for person
coming from q count try where the wild
fowl are pract icall exterminated,
these birds are OF partic tlar Interest.
The diving birds Ike the loon with
zits SWierd, slone some cry, 81 and
sgrebes, such. experts IN the water and.
50 awkward on slandl, are interesting
! Both Of these birds off ten seek safety
under water and IAN dive thont3
making scarcely IA pple on the sur
face: The young o. ca chS of these birds
az are born scoYered It'll feathers and
take sto the water shortly after birth,
using the back 81 the parent as an
%eVerready island on to rest at
will, II.
the longW ged skimmsrs The
sgulls and turns eresting
elias. There are I'll ysseven species
Sof these birds oynd both by tia sea
and the interior orth Dakota siis
favored by both Of these families, six
species Of gulls and three Of terms,
nesting ii this section. 3 dis ting,iisIl
them; notice their manner ofsfeedin
the gulIs feed from the surface 81 tie
water, picking their food with
their long strong curved Sbil rs, while
passing or lowering over III Il water;
lille. the turns plunge into the water.
I The g.llls often rest ins great focks on
the water, 81 ting erect and riding the
waves bouyantIy, but the terms; after
having acquired IS the power of flight,
rarely restSon the water Terms are
lighter, more active birds han the
sgllls, with long iIgss and tails and
sharper bills. hen ooking for food,
terms 18th /: the Slbil ownIWard, "a
habit which readi " disting uishes them
from the gulls which with tie bill
straight with the bod Both young
guI1s and terms hfaye habit sof Lying
close to the ground ia the presence Sof
danger and remain mot ionlesss nth
3sactua1Iy touched when they seem It'd
realize they have been seen and take
ito their legs for safety All this fam.
lily render inYaluab bile service man
kind BY deyouring much was
ssiall that found In flaTbo rs, which ii
d allowed TO- come to shore and \ decay
gsollld sbe 81 had source Of disease. SSIl
was most unfort unatte that they be
came fashionable for MI lIineryspurpos
es. for great cox nies. Of them have, beer
lost extermina iii many places
The udubon society itth the sAmeri
..sSScaR 0rnitholo IS union have made
q one of their greatest fghts; nanFe ffor
save these birds and I'D man,
threading places have federal keepers
OF thea fanlil own as b. paImat
WINNERS; North Dakota has only sth
i, CORN rantt and he pei loan Gor1loi
ants feed SIarge Iy5 on fish, Itch the
pursue and Il sWal b,lts SW hen the
y have young I'll nest tto feed lie
rezgurgi ate their food. tlsrangs t
RI say while the corr GRANT fiyfn
home with inner safeI
stoWed away the kin the fish II
igestsd sconpl eteIy leaving th
flesh ID prime 5consI Tor the yoii,1,
stonaehs other hand til
elicanz cole reat aiantiit off SIS
Sa ii the great pouch pending from th
& under orr grandsn otlier
ilken bag from he q sewing tablesSD
The return TO The nest, open lies til
display til ID catch and th
81 babes sars sinyit ted to themseIye
ffIoss they prod and robe for ebes
81 ones. sIt lisa wonder tile 1911 ken poue
ui mot torn aHnnde he assaults