The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1922-09-13
1t is a winter bird, and is

Joree. A common bird in winter.
! rs. White-eyed Towhee. Similar
to the preceding, but with the eye
white; the two birds, can be distin-
guished in life at close range. The
White-eyed Towhee is permanent
| resident and nests commonly. 1t
builds a bulky nest and places it in
jcssamine vines or bushes, never high
er than five feet up. Three or four
prise set. w
76. Cardinal or Redbird. Too ia
miliar to require description.
II. Blue Grosbeak. Smaller than
the Cardinal, Deep blue in color,
with reddish brown patch on the
wing; female plain grayish brown;
bill very heavy like that of the Car
dinal. The Grosbeak is summer
resident and. nests, 1t inhabits wet.
land where there is scattered growth
of bushes.
78. Indigobird. About s 1-2 inches
in length. Male rich blue in COLOR,
female grayish brown. 1t prefers
swampy thickets and wet, bush-grown
land. 1t is q summer resident, and
breeds. ~
70. Summer Tanager or Summer
Redbird. Length z 1-2 inches; male
entirely rose red in color, female
greenish yellow. The Tanager is n
bird of the trees; it is common in
groves around houses and also in open
pine woods where scrub oaks grow.
The. nest is built of grasses and is SO
frail that the eggs may often be seen
through it's walls. It is generally
placed in scrub oak about ten feet
up, and the eggs, which number 8 or
d, are greenish blue with brown
blotches., The call-note of the Tanager
resembles the words "chickytuk,"
Swallows
so. Purple Martin. This familiar
bird is universally known.
81. Barn Swallow. This bird is
known by it's deeply forked tail, steel
blue upper parts and reddish under
parts. 1t is smaller than the Martin
1t occurs here during spring and fall,
from late March to late May and from
July to September.
82. Rough-winged Swallow. Not
as common as the preceding: it is
plain brown in color with white under
parts; also a transient visitant.
Waxwings II
83. Cedarbird or Cedar Waxwing.
Large flocks of these birds are found
here during the winter and as late as
May 18th.
81. Loggerhcad Shrikc. Abundant
permanent resident. This bird preys
upon small birds in win, II, when other
food is scarce. 1t has the habit of
impaling its prey upon thorns or
barb wire fences.
Vireos. These are small greenish
birds, averaging about 1-2 inches
in length. They are strictly foliage
haunting, and prefer dcciduous trees.
Their food consists mostly of insects.
85. Red-eyed Vireo. This bird is
plain green above and whitish below;
crown gray, a white line over the eye.
It's nest, as we'll as those of all the
Vireos, is suspended from the fork of |
bark, cane leaves, etc., wound with |
spider web, and is generally placed
from five to twenty-five feet up. The
Red-eycd Vireo is a summer resident, !
March to September.
86. Yellow-throated Vireo. Hand |
soonest of our Vireos; throat and |
breast bright yellow. 1t prefers the |
tallest trees and places it's nest far |
from the ground. It's song is richer
in tone than that of the preceding; |
summer.
81. Blue-headed Vireo. Head !
bluish-gray, line from bill to eye and |
ring, white. This bird is fairly COM
mon in winter, and it's song can be |
heard in April before the migration, |
while with us, the Bluc-headed Vireo |
inhabits thick woods and heavy |
sWamps.
88. White-eyed Vireo. Known by
it's white eye. 1t prefers wet thickcts,
the nest is placed generally from 1-2
feet to feet from the ground, and
can be distinguished from that Of the
Red-eyed Vireo by the green lickens
on the outside. The White-eyed re-
mains from March to October. !
Wood Warblers. All the birds of |
this family are small; they vary, from
a 3-4. inches to z 1-2 inches in length
and, as a rule, are very brightly col-
ored. Most of them are arbored. Few
of them rank high as songsters. They
are insect-eating birds and are high !
ly migratory. Twenty-Five species Oc-
cur in Clarendon County and of these,
ten have been found to breed. ,r
80. Black and White Warbler. |
Known by its black and white striped |
after the manner of the Woodpecker, |
but, unlike that bird, does not use its
tail as a support. 1t is found from
late March to the middle Of May and
from early July to late October.
80. Prothonotary Warbler. Head
and under parts deep orange, back
grenish, wings and tail gray. This is |
a bird Of the deep woods and sWamps
where there is an abundance Of stand-
ing water; it's nest Is placed in a dead I
tree or in q stump standing in water