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Title: Bird neighbors. An introductory acquaintance with one hundred and fifty birds commonly found in the gardens, meadows, and woods about our homes
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Blanchan, Neltje, 1865-1918
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: New York, Doubleday, Page & Co.
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ree by girdling it. The bird, like mostothers, does not debar himself entirely from fruit diet, but enjoysberries, especially poke-berries. He is very social with birds and men alike. In winter heattaches himself to strolling bands of nuthatches and chickadees,and in summer is fond of making friendly visits among villagefolk, frequenting the shade trees of the streets and grapevinesof back gardens. He has even been known to fearlessly peck atflies on window panes. In contrast to his large brother woodpecker, who is seldomdrawn from timber lands, the little downy member of the familybrings the comfort of his cheery presence to country homes,beating his rolling tattoo in spring on some resonant limb underour windows in the garden with a strength worthy of a largerdrummer. This rolling tattoo, or drumming, answers several purposes:by it he determines whether the tree is green or hollow; it startlesinsects from their lurking places underneath the bark, and italso serves as a love song. 56
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YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER.Vs Life-size. Conspicuously Black and White Yellow-bellied Woodpecker (Sphyrapicus varius) Woodpecker family Called also: THE SAPSUCKER Length—8 to 8.6 inches. About one-fifth smaller than the robin.Male—Blzck, white, and yellowish white above, with bright-red crown, chin, and throat. Breast black, in form of crescent. A yellowish-white line, beginning at bill and passing below eye, merges into the pale yellow of the bird underneath. Wings spotted with white, and coverts chiefly white. Tail black; white on middle of feathers.Female—Paler, and with head and throat white.Range—Eastern North America, from Labrador to Centra! America.Migrations—April. October. Resident north of Massachusetts. Most common in autumn. It is sad to record that this exquisitely marked woodpecker,the most jovial and boisterous of its family, is one of the veryfew bird visitors whose intimacy should be discouraged. For itsuseful appetite for slugs and insects which it can take

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