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Part of Letter, Field notes, Myron Swenk, 1911, June-Sept.

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LATE OCTOBER BIRDS OF TH THOUAS COLWTY SANDHTLIS.- Wile investigating an insect
foneny of the snail pines on the Forest Reserve ut Halsey, ctoter 27 te 29,2910) mado

4 few notes on the bird Life of the Locality at Mil sonscrs The



not tecauee of the rarity of any of the species Skserved,tut Eecause sone additional

asta on dietritution and sign



on aro brought cute On these days the Bluetird was
camen ard the Rotin atundant of the Reserve, while several pairs of Tomnsend Selitaire

present around the seed tede, indueteiously catching insects with all the skill of



a fycateher and at intervals giving their peculiar wild cal note, ‘The Solitaire se
said to pase through reyularly each opring and fall,according to the nen staying on

the Reserves The Northern Shrike was repoate



yy noteds Shufoldt Juncos were abundant

everywhere, especially about the soed tede, and on the 27 ina flock of these birds



tro Wiitecwinged Jumces were evens Tho Wostors Treo Sparroy was the most stundabt tird



in the Locality, the Song Sparror wae comen tnd a for Harrie Sparrove were soon. Tho



Western Golafinch and Pine Siskin were also noted. Crove were not soen at Halsey, the

firet ones teing noted at Hazard, stout eighty piles seuth-oast, there a fleck of over



100 was conspicuously in evidences A flock of six Magpies was seen near the Reserve



on the 26 The



torn Meadowlark wae noither soon nor heard at Halsey at this tine,



ut from Aneolmo (twenty-five miles southeast) eastward it was commons Tho Desort

Horned Lark was pr



nt ut not ccamon at Halsey. Prairie Chickens were abundant in

the nourty sandhills and even nore



in the astern



ge of the sandhilie in Custer
‘county. A large protected covey of Botuhite wis present stout the Reserve Luildings.
Marsh Hawie were the only tirds of prey noted. Along the Loup Kingfishers were neted

land alee eoveral flecke of ducks, including a flock of twenty-five Mallerds, one of



tout © dozen Greon-winged Teal and © mall flock of Lesser Scaup. Otvieuely there





Se a penerel tondency for open country Eirds to shift toward the eastern odge of tho

sandhills in the late fel.
Myron He Svenk, Lincotne