Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1909-02-12


ton and in most parts off the country
are. not found 40 al Among these areI
The black duel, anon ! teal wood
duck, rtlf ores crested duck ring sneckal
;ed duck and RarroR1,s golden eye
0f the eleven species I of geese. only
the Canada goose nests here and
the Whistling and trump ter ans
migrate here.
this state We have two species of
.herons hat nest here; The Green
heron which and the black
crowned nigh IT heron VIII both nests
and CRATES here TIerons and Die
terms unlike The other ng-necked and
long legged ding bird Withs!a
fold "a nec The bitterns. the
green heron and the elIow-croW
might heron are sol tary bird nesting
iinss dated Inarslly places, while all
the other varieties nest iii colonies
The beautiful Viii e ssiherons Soff Florida.
have been nearl exte rrina ny;
hunters ass the demand for eigrets for!
millinery purposes has exceeded the:
supply The bruta way ID which these
Ebealitif birds have been destroyed i'll
simply heartsrend in Only the;
messing time, do the gretss grow from
the breast and fall over the nest sof
little bird s: he IN lite heron I'll a mild
bird ana sttlle hun enter and
Iknoekings hem clubs, then tear
Eof the eigrets leaving the mot bird
ttossuher foT days bel fore dying and the
lsIittle ones to# at hen they are
lscomple teIy exta limit root and
branch. RI
Audubon society has fought gal
llanty Tor the prote ctton &c these birds
lsand only very few are left In the
most remote parts III Florida but com
fplete protec tion ! isa almost impossible
when mill liners offer sthirty dollars per
pound for the feathers !; alt though there
iare1aWs protec citing ID em III the United
States, its does not cover the impo rted
tones, and aoff course all that are pro.
cured are Imp rted
The cranes, of which the Whooping;
rand the sand nest here. and the
little brown 81 nesf come as migrates,
| ARE very SINH to- the Ihesrons. They
may readily iddistingu ished .in flight.
for they dy with the neck straight,
/ They take less TO- the Water than the
3herons and often feed ION the / III
sects ETC. found upon the prairies..
Il The young are born covered with
down and can soon FOL How the parents,
which as unlike the young herons
/ which are born nearly naked and help
Hess.
III We have tn ! Us ne Virginia rail-,
the sora Am an COO hich Sc
common, and the vel low rsill /, which IA
common insthis region during its mi
grafton
/ The shore birds We have. the
northern phal ope mi rating; ana
n ilson's phalaropen nesting here. The
phalarpp pes are mining snipe:
sons phalarope % an Il terror bird:
s!sanr,e q The sphalaro pas I've except
Il when i estini more TIL oie! hundred
miles out sea. Cont rary to the gen.
sseral order of things, the female s5is
larger and $of a bril- hter p,lunag han
the male Ii. It's habits al e also reversed,
4 as the female takes sttllle place of the
4 male iII the shousehol She lays The
} eggs. but the are hat ehed byT the
4 NAL alone; Who, its siigS claimed cares
for ttha young tthoutts assistance
& off mat AV1ocets are Wadine
Ssnipe We have only the American
:sAYocets
y: NJ Mans of the nnenab ers of the family
5ssscalopa dae are pro hing sni he. ,rhe
woodcoek ilson';s sniiip ana sthe
doWitchss are good exampi les Theil
bills are long and sensitive and 3 they
q q can move Or curve its TIP Withou,
peningsi III at the base hen esbil
thrust Into mud may
therefore grasps as ornlal; and the bill
hen becomes Ike Ia :ffing assWelI as
robe. not elassed as sone
birds, man sni be- and pIoVel
3 have Very DIE easing musical aIls Sai1t
stles and do The zbree dIng season
their efforts ~ ndiiI 81 in highly must
zeal erfornances ara II amusing
the thiirt three species off snipe
Woodcock dow tches Ste, stWent y-sii
are found inS gorth Dakota and all Sd
% his ion except the oodenclk wflicl
Isl rare even in Sect lon 4, Fneres ssitS i
some fimes seen OF the nine specie
ploVer have I'LL and the Eprettff.
rs iiIdeer common here.
The members off lhe tamil Hsetra
onidae the grouse, partrIdg quai
tc. ire coInn,o on over the Unite
States thong hey are called ID
!; iiRerent name III al ferent parts 81
the country. al qilal paItri dga an
ebob-Whit e have no asherss on Tie leg.
while the true grouse has feathere
legs ana even tthe tosss have fel
sfeathers Thes name ten max
= uncertain what species iii meant, III