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NATURE NOTES

... NATURE NOTES. The Loss of a Bird Friend. live in country cottage, and we've hid a blackbird that has lived and winter with us since c&ine here, and that's about five years ago He was quite tame, and fed with the fowls on the cruinibs laid fcr him the ...

Published: Saturday 23 March 1929
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 585 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

NATURE NOTES

... NATURE NOTES. HARVEST DAYS. When Nature begins drees herself in. autumn robes, and yellow grain makes with green field her richest colour-picture, the farmer girds up his loins to enter the work the year, and to secure the fruits that have been maturing ...

Published: Friday 08 October 1909
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1601 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

NATURE NOTES

... NATURE NOTES. Eagle Attacks White Tebrier. On one occasion, -when out on the hiil in deer forest R.os3-shire with gamekeeper friend (we were in quest of foxes'/ dens), witnessed what seemed to ine ail amazing instance of the unusual temerity of the golden ...

Published: Saturday 07 March 1925
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 488 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

NATURE NOTES

... NATURE NOTES. THE FOREST MYSTERIOUS. The forest lay west the village, and made green and soft curtain, behind the sun retired ■when he went to rest. [No matter whether it was the shortest day winter the longest of summer, it was one and the same—the great ...

Published: Saturday 13 June 1908
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1522 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

NATURE NOTES

... NATURE NOTES. THE LAPWING. OEISTATtTS.) The singling of the birds since long before Dan cola the fowlen maken melodic has. been a specific priug. Scouana bird-ory is «o char*cierisuc sweetest of times as the piping tutted along the have iU st returned ...

Published: Thursday 19 March 1903
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1132 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

Nature Notes

... Nature Notes THE really hard Winters experienced at the turn of the century were described in such graphic detail in the rich “Doric” of Central Aberdeenshire, by that Master of local poetry “Hamewith”, the late Charles Murray. It is 50 sad to relate ...

Nature Notes

... Nature Notes by Norman Nature NOteS Fordyce grey, with a dark tail, and whitish underneath. The dress of the female is more of a chestnut red-brown with light grey underparts. Her red cap is diagnostic. I just have had another report of Wintering Blackcaps ...

Nature Notes

... Nature Notes FROM the neighbourhood of Banchory three interesting nature items have come my way. The small son of Mr Arthur Strachan. Tiliybreck. Banchory. found a young hare Ueveretl in a field which hod apparently been orphaned. Being very fond ot animals ...

Published: Wednesday 07 May 1952
Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 144 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Nature Notes

... Nature Notes V*ANY species of birds increase and decrease periodically and it is difficult to explain why. Take for example the whitethroat. This little warbler has been vctv uncommon in recent vears around Banchorr, but this season his vocal and rather ...

Published: Saturday 26 May 1962
Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 435 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Nature Notes

... Nature Notes ,4 LMOST whenever you walk in the countryside just now, a trio of oystercatchers fly above you crying all the while in their plaintive voices. This ‘'eternal triangle is characteristic of the oystercatchers. You will often see trio of the ...

Published: Saturday 31 March 1962
Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 238 | Page: 2 | Tags: none