A first book upon the birds of Oregon and Washington; a pocket guide and pupil's assistant in a study of the more common land birds and a few of the shore and water birds of these states (1902) (14564034007)

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Title: A first book upon the birds of Oregon & Washington; a pocket guide and pupil's assistant in a study of the more common land birds and a few of the shore and water birds of these states

Year: 1902 (1900s)

Authors: Lord, William Rogers, 1847-1916

Subjects: Birds Birds

Publisher: Portland, Ore., W.R. Lord

Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries

Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

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tly grown and able to pick up their ownnourishment, may not yet have learned to do it.If the birds are only fledglings with wide-openmouths, they must be fed every hour in day-light, with suitable food, and given water occa-sionally. What joy-giving rewards will come from sucha ministry to fledglings and injured birds. Dr.Hodge bears witness. In these pages, he gener-ously furnishes two pictures of Bob, a youngrobin, that, until it left for its Southern winterhome, would come at call and alight upon the handof the friends whom it had learned to know.In one of the pictures, it is standing on the handof Dr. Hodges son, who, when he was .younger,held the Waxwing (before described); in theother, it has the company of a fledgling upon thehand of the young woman who kindly permitsthe use of the picture. Bob started Southin the autumn of 1901, with a ring upon one ofhis legs, put there by Dr. Hodge, to identifyhim upon his return, which is certain to takeplace unless accident should prevent.

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Boy ajid Robin (Bob). Birds of Oregon and Washington 259 Dr. Hodge gives a charge which must bestrictly observed if we are to keep the confi-dence of the birds thus tamed. They must notbe handled; neither at first, nor even after theysit upon our arms or rest upon our shoulders.Dr. Hodge relates that the Wax wing, even aftera long period of familiarity, could not endurethis demonstration, except once or twice, whenvery cold. Our human disposition to seize everymoving and wild thing, not harmful, must be re-strained. The cage, of course, should be abol-ished as soon as the bird comes freely to us,that he may come and go, through open windowsand doors, as he will. It will be interesting tothose who read this chapter to know that theWaxwing became a bird-missionary in all of thepubjic schools of Worcester, Mass., visiting eachin turn, and, by his free presence, pleading thatsuch treatment as he had received might begiven to all birds by all children. As a result,Worcester is perhaps the

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