The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-05-31
WARM DAYS Bring
BRIGHT S0NCSTERS
north IN TROOPS
Bird Students Hardly Able to
Keep Pace Noting Arrivals
From South, East

Inc idtleK PART % May CI11go tue
late spring birds in such rapid sue.
cession that n could spend all the
time keeping account Of their comings
and goings. comments o. A. Stevens.
Of the Agricultural college. in his
weekly bird notes. Goldfinches. CHM
ney switts and quite a few Arkansas
kingbirds in addition to the birds re-
ported last week, arrived on the warm
wave OF May IL. The goldfinches were
noted at Areusville. May Is. A num-
Der OF them we're about the Agricul-
tural college campus where they we're
attracted by the earliest dandelions
just beginning to mature seed. It is
indeed a pretty sight when a group
Of these bright colored birds are COL
lected on the fresh green grass. The
pine siskins came to the same place.
but their more sombre color would
allow them to be passed as ordinary
English sparrows as long as they re-
manned quietly feeding. A few of
these birds had been noted daily
since May 8 and III May 20 there
were more than a dozen seen.
Baltimore Oriole
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seems more characteristic Of warm
weather than the Baltimore oriole.
This brilliantly colored bird is truly
a visitor from the tropics for it is
almost the only member of its group
to venture s. far north. A few of
them usually appear before the
weather is quite settled. These carly
arrivals we're noted this year at
Argusvillc. May IA, May Is. Fargo,
May II.
Fewer warblers seemed to be pres
ent during the warm days. Miss Olga
Lakela at Minot reported large num-
bcrs Of black white warblers.
May II. The writer had seen q few
since May 10, but not any number of
them. Miss Lakela also saw the
blacxpoll warbler and redstart May
II. and on May 10 the Cape May and
black -throated green warbler, the lat
ter being one Of the + species here.
The redstart had been seen at Argus
vile May 10. but the most Of them
are to be expected about May Is to
80. The Wilson warbler was observed
ct Fargo May Is, Argusville May II,
Minot May ~. The yellow throat 1t
A%rgusville May Is and Fargo May II.
House wrens have been rather late
and not common according to the
writer's observations. They were re-
ported at Argusville. April 80. James,
town, May 10. Minot. May II, Fargo
May II. Bank swallows were seen at
Minot, May II. Tower City. May Is.
The bobolink was noted at Argusville.
May IL. Fargo. Tower City and Fair
dale, May L.: Harris sparrow at Mino:
and Tower City. May 10. Arnegard,
May Is.
Some interesting records of water
birds are: Upland plovcr at Tower
City, May 10, A~rgusvillc and Arne-
gard, May Is: black tern at Fairdale,
May IL, Tower City, May Is. Argus
vile. May II. Minot May 10: north
ern phalarope at Fairdale. May II:
Wilson ~phalarope at Tower City May
Is: cared grebe at Minot, May 10:
Hoelboell grebe, long -billed dowitcher.
semipalmated plover. least. red
backed and pectoral sand pipers at
Fairdale. May IL; Virginia and Caro-
lima rails at A~rgusville. May Is.
May 10 the writer heard a song
which he judged to be that of the
towhec. A little later he came upon
the bird scratching vigorously among
the leaves in its characteristic man.
ner. They we're seen at Argusville,
May II. The eastern towhee seems
to be a rather rare migrant in this
part OF the state, only a few being
seen In a season. The so-called arc
tic towhee was reported at Arnegard,
May 7. Minot. May 10. This is q
common summer resident in the west
ern part OF the state. The lark bunt-
ing. which is one OF the commonest
prairie birds Of the west, was seen
a: Arnegard, May l3.