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HAY I99! NORTH LEEDS LANTERN 3 :5 this display. I was consistently return to on April 5, Mary ? determined, to learn more repair and use the same Leidenberger heard a Common -"~/z/,//,¢’14- about it. I.t was with nest every year. If, Loon, and on April 7 , 0F14FEKDW§ age the help Of "Life Histories for any reason, they reject Bob and Jacquie Wanless of American Wild Fowl" by A. C. Bent that I was able to get the whole picture. the original nest site, they usually build a new nest in the same general welcomed back a loon in their bay. A few years ago Bob built an artificial i As supposed, we had only area â€" that is, if their nesting island for loons, % seen a small part of the habitat has "Ot been upon WhiCh loons have ‘ - decimated been Successful in fledging . ' f a ros nuptial performance of - . , 'l Bliders inten ofim:n cm“; the Common Merganser Eastern Bluebirds, always young. Good luck again na ure ac ' . . h‘ be the least ex ect it There is not space here a favourite Wlth readers, t 15 year, BO . y p ' were seen by Beryl Sim Jacqu1e also mentioned as the North Leeds but perhaps the following . . . l Birdwatchers (NLB) will give a better idea on April 1, and by Leorene l:_ back With a mate the . I . binoculars raised, scanned Of what is involved. Hayes on April 2' IMany :hlrd year he has been the Rideau River near It begins with a gathering Of you have mentioned ere. M . k -11 of the males and females, that you are hoping that Leorene Hayes saw Tree :rrlc V1 e-d k 1 M the males .showing off. bluebirds will return Swallows April 6 and on E ere. were uC S ai.e 1y! in Various ways _, The to the nesting boxes that April 8th an Eastern Phoebe mzle 1t CZEZona paerlzgs:: females, for the most they used last year. arrived. Joe Blénkenborg h ht tt gt" part, . are merely Be sure that your nest has a phoebe nesting under ; a: :aug our :. enrzggi spectators when the boxes are clean, and that a leanâ€"to in his yard. as 1 ious an ' . h b . ' looking, he swam steadily males go in -pursuit of the entrance . hole is in::re s iike Stot nezg Upstream â€" but what was a rival they "SUQQESt eractly 1%. inches 1n overha 50 If t:: e t . that peculiar Alooking swift motor boats by the diameter. A larger hole . n9. e n s , k that t a'l d behind waves which curl up' on will allow for easy entry 15 placed I0“ .a shelf or . I I I I - ' n . B t i ' see what was actually rapidity With which they If you have difficulty 1 shape u it is happening Gradually turn and swash around". Wlth Tree Swallows, you attac ed .tq a1 wall it i . . I ' ~ 3 miâ€" irc ar. In it became apparent that By rai51ng himself almost can try pairing your boxes. :he l:tte: :ase more the .wake. was really onto his tail, the drake 1"” them am“ 10 ft' mud is used in its a female merganser She diSplays "the delicate apart and one may be taken ' 1 fl t b a d salmon yellow tint of by one speCles, leaVlng construction. AS well, r ay a as a 0‘: b :n his lower breast and the other free for its phoebes use weeds, grasses ' the wati:, head i: ody belly" Also, with a rival. Don't forget to and moss in their nests, all 1 utl inu merg:hé kick of the foot he can clean out your bluebird and like to. line them ; . L1 edes: n wzzhltg’ drake send ‘a spurt of water box after the young have with hair or finer grasses. ‘ move t: o E b"n e t ed, 3 or 4 feet long thus left the nest. If the Eleven Purple Martins as oug e1 9 ow . ' v - 'v t' Every once . in a while displaying his brilliant bWeblrdI-q “é“ a sewn“ arrl.ed hat PEP Bur .: he raised his head and red foot to the female. time, 1t 15 preferable mgrtin ouse hon. Apgl bill, as though wearing According to Bent, this they bUlld a new “ESt’ : .fulfeii :: aoilzg th:: V an luncomfortably tight is thought to be a primary free from blowfly larvae. Cu 9 i 11 11 th' 1 d sexual display. In any On March 22, Kay Williams year ‘ last year he had co :r. g 'f ::e te case, after observing phoned to say she had 48! His wife eladys said . us 0 won er 1 W0 all this fighting a Dark-eyed Junco at her that a RUfOUS-Slded Towhee , birds had somehow become ’ visited their feeder on " we soon Such was to be the case entangled in fishing lines, and that her lifeless body was being dragged behind him.- However, realized that this was not the case,- to go into great detail, splashing and displaying, the female succumbs to the male and vassumes the position observed by the NLB. It is after this that mating occurs. During on March 31, Nancy Hayes feeder. Shortly thereafter juncos arrived in little flocks, and as I write (April 19) they are still around. This species used to be known as the Slate-colored Junco. that their 'blonde' Mallard April 15, that the overâ€" wintering Brown Thrasher was still around, and that released Ring-necked Pheasants had made it through the winter. copulation the male for we noticed that every _ . . h I once in a while she raised completely submerges the Kay also had Iher flrSt Anne White nmntioned t at h he d 1. htl female "holding tightly Northern Cardinal, and she had heard a House 1 er a 5 19 y. - d t We put the telescope on with his bill to her neck" she I was §XCltedz A Wren an _ he NLB have her It revealed that meanwhile after ‘ reading cardinal arrived at my been getting plenty Of ev . time he 1'fted this, I decided that I feeder. However, I had new speCies (for the year) er s i . . .- . her head she moved a little am glad ,that I am not mixed feelings, for the :n. thelr weekly fleld l e t the d k almo t a merganser! same day a Sharpshinned rlps' On a speCial field :0::h:ngo his ralaeill it Now that “the; pace of Haw" sat for ages in our tilp held on April 14 . , - t e f was at these times that migration has quickened maple tree Over100klng newy 52:22: famongI Other l he raised his head and we can expect new species the feeding area. Now, P' p v or .915 .a , pointed his bill to the to appear every day. You all kn°w how 1 RN}: Warbler and a Vlrglma ' . ~ - al . f ’ zenith At last it dawned Some birds that arrived pontificate about hawks 4 A ter chalking on u; that we were earlier are already on having to eat too! But up 5 . speCIes, members witnessing Part of the the nest. Redâ€"shouldered I certainly didn't want and :helr spouses enjoyed . . - anca e courtship behaviour of Hawks were first reported him to dine on my cardinal. gancakes Hou:: Leggett's I this species the. end in March, and bY early So, when my VISltlng end' a sweet ' f hich I la not April sprigs of green daughter wanted to 'Step ing for a fun filled o w we wou . . morning see for the birds passed were seen on traditional OUt51de'I I did not stop Th 9 . I t, f ' nests indicating that her' and the ham" flew e number to call with ou 0 our View. .' _ our si ht" . _ Discomfitted, because nesting was Probably about iii: bei;:i least for the g178 and intizgiexgi;on::9 in all my years of birding, to begin. These hawks ' GOOD BIRDING! I had somehow missed seeing Air Qualigy And Our Forests The air around us is cleaner and purer. thanks to 1 Ontario‘s forests! 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