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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: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Blanchan, Neltje, 1865-1918
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: New York : Doubleday & McClure
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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t the gardens and roadsides ofour country places. Like the Louisiana water thrush, this birdnever ventures near the homes of men after the spring and autumnmigrations, but, on the contrary, goes as far away from them aspossible, preferably to some mountain region, beside a coo! anddashing brook, where a party of adventurous young climbersfrom a summer hotel or the lonely trout fisherman may startle itfrom its mossy nest on the ground. Flicker (Colaptes auratus) Woodpecker family Called also: GOLDEN-WINGED WOODPECKER; CLAPE ;PIGEON WOODPECKER ; YELLOWHAMMER ; HIGH-HOLE OR HIGH-HOLDER ; YARUP ; WAKE-UP ;YELLOW-SHAFTED WOODPECKER Length—\2 to i ? inches. About one-fourth as large again as therobin. Male and Female—Head and neck bluish gray, with a red crescentacross back of neck and a black crescent on breast. Malehas black cheek-patches, that are wanting in female. Goldenbrown shading into brownish-gray, and barred with blackabove. Underneath whitish, tinged with light chocolate 130
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Brown, Olive or Grayish Brown, and Brown and Gray Sparrowy Birds and thickly spotted with black. Wing linings, shafts ofwing, and tail-quills bright yellow. Above tail white, con-spicuous when the bird flies. Range—United States, east of Rockies; Alaska and British Amer-ica, south of Hudson Bay. Occasional on Pacific slope. Migrations—Most commonly seen from April to October. Usu-ally resident. If we were to follow the list of thirty-six aliases by whichthis largest and commonest of our woodpeckers is knownthroughout its wide range, we should find all its peculiarities ofcolor, flight, noises, and habits indicated in its popular names.It cannot but attract attention wherever seen, with its beauti-ful plumage, conspicuously yellow if its outstretched wings arelooked at from below, conspicuously brown and white if seenupon the ground. At a distance it suggests the meadowlark.Both birds wear black, crescent breast decorations, and the flickeralso has the habit of feeding upon the gro

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