The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-03-27
FIFTY SPECIES
BOF WINTER BIRDS
On LAKE ONTARIO
Naturalist Tells New York State
Commi1sion Something
About Them
|BTRD LOVERS MUST KNOW
WHERE TO SEEK THEM
Each Has Its Own Particular
HABITAT Whether In Fields
Or Woods

Or Woods
ALBANY, N. r., March 27.-0ver
- epociee Of birds, exclusive OF wa
~ 1Dwl, were found this winter along
~ Shores a lake Ontario. accord
|hg - George y. 0uelf. naturalist. OF
lgee1port N. Y. In giving the con.
1uv0t1en commission the results OF
~ ooonryat1ons On the migration OF
o1r6s aaoag that Lake.
Roep1e gonerally are just beginning
~ awaken 70 the desirability Of car.
tng ~, the birds IN the winter time.
oAe a. the most popular winter re-
nogts stor birds = near the shore Of
lAhoa Ontario. A. the main line OF
QloAx g the birds during their migra.
0ons = along the lake shore. many Of
1haun<stop there 70 spend the winter
~ 1oo1og along the way. There ara
DAny Different species 70 Be found,
not 60 must know whore to look for
om, enr each has IT. own particular
&Ao1eo % % the character q IT. WIN
|tog habitat Familiar birds of sum-
Uor ne occaa1onally met with under
vsEy eAanssd conditions and savir.
oomont.
rs open AsIds have their tenants
- yoH q tho ohe1tered woods. Where
~ winds have swept the knobs bAre
6 onoW tho LAplAnd l0ngSpuf and
hogne6 INK ane usually to DO found,
tAalr dun ooloG1ng heading with their
oan1U0nd1ngD. Ont on the old stubble
Gn1do wtll b found abundant signs Of
.oond,oating birds. In . weedy nook
Iolo09 the border At q marsh Q mead
| o. lnRk WIN occAsicnally be found.
IA)G0G the he1geroWs Or an old brush
oWn fence Il the tavorite haunt Of
1T eoatherod butcher, the ahrike. Be-
1neo the coming Of tho barbed wire
| 1unoo these blrdO selected . thorn tree
| q which 70 hang mp thslr Victims.
HI install hooks aro just - good and
oEo much more convenient
Owls and Pheaeants.
Tho snowy owl II . regular winter
VISITOR along the lake. His favOrite
hnnt1ng ground II the rough open
'0oant1y dotted with stone piles and
| horoarod with old rail fences. I'm
Ike hlD dusky cousin. the great
hogne4 owl. he prefers this open
country and does most OF his hunt
lng 6Dring the early hours Of the
day. Perche4 on . stone pile or fence
~ 4 ready 70 drop down upon bird
U mammai.
On the fr6ssn marsh and In the
thackoes ere sfCond the three-barred
tracks OF The Yiaglnecled pheasant.
~ bnnd 6f theea hardy birds will
cfeoh go a = Daed hunting UP to-
thA ltcininG h611a. !, A
O1 TIE ANAL Wlnter birds the pine
|khltn and common redpoll are prob
1bIy the most numerous. There are
two more species Of redpOll found
horA but they are not very common.
Pima krOsbeaks are occasionally seem.
0oldHnches are usually found, some
times in quite large Jocks. but they
havo discarded their bright yellow
drooe for one OF more sombre hue.
The purple finch occasionally spends
tho winter here. Quite often : song
apaxrow will be, found In some shell
tered nook. Juncos and tree spar
rows are usually found In the thickets
along the border Of . wood. Cedar
woxWtngs are sometimes seen In
large nocks, but their occurrence 70
very irregular. They are never con-
tent to remain long In one locality.
The little brown creeper 10 often
found here In winter. He 10 one OF
/ ~ tiniest q our winter birds and i
requires careful hunting to md him.
IL - very plain and solitary little
chap, seldom utters sound and al
ways attends strictly to his own a.
\ Nuthatch and Tltmouss.
There are two species Of nuthatch
found here In winter-the red-breast-
"a nuthatch and the more common
residont species, the white-breasted
authatch. wherever the nuthatch 10
found there also Will be found the
1owny woodpscker and the industri-
ous Ard exc1table chiclrAdee.
The rarest Of the small birds found
I hers n winter. II the tufted titmouse.
1--WE small Jocks Of these birds have
hoeu observed IN the woods along the
1nko. This II . remarkable occur
rouco, % their usual range, even In
summer, Il much further south.
T.ho red-headed woodpecker II ire
ouontly q permanent resident. They
nhabit the old beech timber. For
Hna6hbors they often have the north
ogn hairy woodpecker; and IN taller,
moeo isolated stub. sparrow hawk
WI sometimes make his winter home
n : sheltered nook IN the hemlock
voods. who're the nlghtshade berries
hSng nom brush and brisr, few
.robins win generally b found. usual
II tho onee that are seen nrst In the
corly AIRING. The migrating robin
- ono that has made the journey
m the south-is the one that an
nouncee HE arrival In early morning
fron the topmost branch Of . lofty
tEoo.
y there are seven different species Of
.s0Vlo that are usually 70 DO found
4hneo n winter, not Including the rare
AnNkowl, which has been taken on
Z one e two occasions. OF The hawks
S1ore are six species. but they, like
tho owls, ere never very common.
n nome food faddists insist that 20
tn1oos are .unwholesome but their the
ory does not agree with the results
q tho experiments Of . Danish medi-
a. nan described In the Hamburger
Tfoudonblatt. In order to, prove that
aIHumon y not essential 70 the main
.foDnneo q the human system. DR..
E17n1hodo he's since 1885 lived for
.nonfhs at . stretch on potatoes for
~ ntaplo diet, navofed only very oc-
!. eo6tooally with butter and milk. He
tft6rthee Induced hin gardener, Fred.
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