Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-06-26

I while find the blue jays holding con-
! vention about a screech owl perched
in one of the small elders or spruces in
| the cemetery.
33. Yellow billed cuckoo. This and the
next species are commonly classed to-
gether as rain crows" Both are COM
mon In the cemetery.
"a. Black billed cuckoo. The least
common OF the two cuckoos.
| 35. Kinghsher. Often found hanging
on rapidly beating wings over the pond.
| So. Hairy woodpecker. Common.
especially in winter.
81. Downy woodpecker. Very COM
mon.
80. Yellow bellied sapsucker. Com
mon during the last two weeks in April.
/ 80. Red-headed woodpecker. The most
! cemetery.
40. Red-bellied woodpecker The least
! common of our woodpeckers. One re-
NAMED in the cemetery during the
i winter of 1913 and IA.
Al. Flicker or yellow hammer Com
mon.
AZ. Whip oor-will Not an uncom-
mon but rarely seen bird. One was
flushed in the cemetery Sept. 10. 1913.
43. Nighthawks. Common. To be
seen over town and cemetery almost
every summer evening.
"a. Chimney swift. Common.
IS. Ruby-throated hummingbird.
4S. Kinsfisher not uncommon in the
i cemetery.
Most of the occasions when I have
found this little gem have been in the
cemetery.
| Al. Crested fycatcher. IN my mind
this bird has always been associated
! with the heavy timber and so l was
surprised this spring to see them come
| into the cemetery and still more sur
prised to see one sitting on a picket
| fence in town looking about for insects.
4s. Phoebe. A pair of these interest
mig little hycatchers have built In a
vault in the cemetery for the last two
years.
40. Wood pewee Often found in the
cemetery.
so. Alder fycatcher Found twice in
the cemetery out Of three records for
the county.
81. Least fiycatcher. This tiny little
hycatcher is found in numbers in the
cemetery.
81. Prairie horned lark. Common in
the pasture back of the cemetery.
50. Blue jay. Common.
81. Crow. Common.
SIS. Cowbird. Common.
Sc. Red winged blackbird. Common
in cemetery and little swamp behind It.
81. Meadow lark. Common in pasture
1 So. Western meadowlark. Common in
pasture.
/ SO. Baltimore oriole. Common In
town and cemetery.
| so. Rusty blackbird. Present in large
in April and September.
! 81. Bronzed grackle or crow black
bird. Common.
| 81. Purple finch. Quite common dur
ing April in the heavy tangles of timber
and bushes on north drive OF cemetery
| SO. Goldfinch. Abundant.
81. Pine siskin. This northern bird
has only appeared in Marshalltown
once IN my experience. From May s
to May % of this year large numbers
OF them were to be found everywhere
among the trees.
| So. Vesper sparrow. Common in the
pasture back OF the cemetery duriny
66. Savannah sparrow. Common In
the same place as the Vesper spar
row.
81. Grasshopper sparrow. More Otter
heard than seen. but quite common III
the grassy land.
| SO. Lark sparrow. This curiously
marked sparrow is common along the
fences OF cemetery and In the pasture
!
migratfons are over but 1t Is common
ly present all summer.
50. Harris sparrow. This large hand
somely marked sparrow is common
/ during May and October in the shrubs
along the north drive of the cemetery
20. White crowned sparrow. This
beautiful sparrow Is not common here
and only see 1t two or three times q
! season. | have found 1t in the GENE.
, terry three times during the two years
] have been here. Each time it APP
Feared about May Is in the shrubs
along the north drive.
/! II. White throated sparrow. Com
mon during the last half of April ant
first half of May and from September
20 to November l. Its clear whistlet
pee body bird may be heard inces.
| sanity during these times.
! ~. Tree sparrow. 1t visits us only
! in winter about Oct. to April 49, Yer,
common throughout the cemetery be
| tween those dates
70. Chipping sparrow. This littl,
red capped sparrow is quite common
about the lawns of town and cemeter,
and would be more so II it were no
for the squirrels and boys.
"a. Clay -colored sparrow. A rathe
rare little bird that Is hard to see
However. a few of them are to b,
found in the trees and bushes durin,
the first two weeks in May.
Is. Field sparrow. especially In tn,
east end of the cemetery.
\ rs. Junco. Another common winte
visitor that comes and goes with tn
tree sparrow and is found with 1t ii
large flocks.
i II. Song sparrow. Common.
Il Is. Lincolns sparrow. This rar
sparrow was found in the cemeter.
4 twice during October. 1918. 1t is usual
ly seen only few times season to b.
identified with certainty.
70. Swamp sparrow. Common II
migrations April and October, abou
the little springs north Of cemetery.
so. Fox sparrow. Common. Come
In spring in March and April and 1,
the fall in October.
81. Chewink. Not numerous but
few can generally be found in tn
brush along the north drive.
4 SO. Cardinal. permanent residen
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