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... 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 ...
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... NATURE NOTES NIOHT or two ago. the silence was broken bv the yelping cries of pink-footed geese. The young birds of this species have a cry that reminds one of young dogs. A few minutes later there came the well-known call of the tawny owl EWICK, EWICK ...
... NATURE NOTES IWA.S awakened by much Bir certainly very sprlngclai and chatter 'lke snowdrops are showing winnow; occasionally, trie their little white blooms in voices would sav: JACK in a many a garden and so, too. deep throaty manner. are the flowers ...
... NATURE NOTES T was one of those quiet days that you sometimes experience towards the end of the year. The sun shone, there was no wind, but despite these facts practically no birds were in evidence. In the field beside the cottage, much of the ground ...
... NATURE NOTES t|THE sparrows that dwell beside my cottage have been extremely noisy lately. Their strident chatterlngs and cheepings have been raucous in the extreme, especially when they are settling to roost in the bushes. Yet a day or two ago, all was ...
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... Nature Notes mDMBLED rocks lay thickly on both sides the river here and numerous trees made the spot a very sheltered one. Insect life must have be« abundant Judging the many wagtails that were in evidence. Both the pled and the grey varieties were c ...
... NATURE NOTES IT was impossible sleep, for again and again I had been awakened bv the hooting of the tawny owls. In desperation rose and went to the window. There were fewer than five tawnv owls holding a concert in the garcfen! Presumably thev were youngsters ...
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... NATURE NOTES FTER the heavy rain the and the y.% sun came out, warmth of it seemed to be to the bringing insect life the surface. judging b activity of numerous black- birds working hard on the lawn. They worked in twos and threes. but I noticed that ...