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NATURE NOTE

... NATURE NOTE THE MIGRATIONS OP THE SONG THRESH . Ik a recent Nature Note a correspondent raised the question of the migration of the thrush , stating that only a few of the . species remain in winter in Aberdeenshiro , ' while the blackbirds make no ...

Published: Saturday 17 January 1914
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1991 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

NATURE NOTE

... NATURE NOTE FAvoumns nesting tbees . The two main factors which influence a [ tth nesting bird in tho selection of a site for its dm are suitablo staging and adequate- conceal ^ Few trees provide both of these requisites , a J it 'is natural , therefore ...

Published: Saturday 02 May 1914
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2047 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

NATURE NOTE

... NATURE NOTE A TAJIE ROBIN AND HIS FATE . I send 'tho following notes about the tameneas of a robin that has been a constant visitor at mv homo , for tho past two winters . / ' In S eptember 1912 this little bird began to feed on crumbs pm cut on our ...

Published: Saturday 24 January 1914
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2048 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

NATURE NOTE !

... NATURE NOTE ! OWLS AXD DAYLIGHT . AsipNG the many -baseless fancies popularl y cherished is the notion that owls are , exclusivel y nocturnal in their habits , and that they 1 never emerge from their shady retreats during the hour ., of daylight . That ...

Published: Saturday 23 May 1914
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1964 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

NATURE- NOTE

... NATURE- NOTE .. Kcms nsoii-thb BASS BOCK . The bustl . o . and . activity of returning bitd lif inoreaso daily ¦ diir hbai arrivals being th « pufc ., ¦ which , with customary punctuality ( puj jn « j , . poaraiicoon ~ tho 24 th , -thus completing ...

Published: Saturday 28 March 1914
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2289 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

THE SINGING OF BIRDS . Edinburgh , Decembor 17 , 1914 . Sib , —With reference to the recent Nature

... THE SINGING OF BIRDS . Edinburgh , Decembor 17 , 1914 . Sib , —With reference to the recent Nature Note and subsequent correspondence on this subject , it may be useful to mention , for the information of those who keep a record of such occurrences ...

Published: Saturday 19 December 1914
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 194 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

SONG-BIRDS THAT ARE NOT SHY . Q , F . • BEING HEARD . . s [¦' . '

... BEING HEARD . . s [¦' . ' . ¦ Edinburgh , November ; 21 , 1914 . , Str , —I have-read with much interest J . L . R . 's Nature Note entitled as above . One or two of his statements ; . are , . however / . I , ' , think , open . to criticism .. -Tho- song ...

Published: Monday 30 November 1914
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1036 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

EXPERIMENTS ON BOOTS . Smailholm , ]? ebruary 28 , 1914 . Sir ,- —Although diifering from soino of

... in them in choice of food ,, and one 'can hardly deny volition to a plant that moves . 1 Further , in this interesting' Nature Note , pea and bean roots escaping through a wire net bottom are said to return to the wot sawdust . finding too littlo moisture ...

Published: Monday 02 March 1914
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 528 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

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Published: Wednesday 01 April 1914
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 513 | Page: 13 | Tags: none

MIGRATION OF SCOTTISH TilKUSH . AND BLACKBIRD . Smailholm , January 12 , 1914 . , SB , —The observations

... ; and noither species stays away a single day longer than is necessitated . This brings us to the point in Saturday ' s Nature Note— how far south this migration of thrushes extends . The number of these two kinds of wiso birds in Scotland during July ...

Published: Tuesday 20 January 1914
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 535 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

THB CORNCRAKE . ' ¦ Dollar , May 7 , 1914 . Sie , —Many a time havo I tried

... later , as , according to my diary of events it was not heard until May 9 th . ' ¦ On referring to other entries in my nature note book I find the earliest mention of the arrival of tho corncrake in this district under date May 1 st , 1906 . Most of the ...

Published: Saturday 09 May 1914
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 514 | Page: 11 | Tags: none