Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 474
A VILLAGE OF PRAIRIE-DOGS. A burrowing owl is seen on the first mound at the left. igoi.] NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS. 461 which the owls have left from their feeding.The eggs are pure white, not so round as mostowls eggs, and there are more of them thanis usual for owls — as many as nine in… … PRAIRIE-DOGS. Sometimes the baby owls are brought upfrom the nest for a sun-bath, and they sit in acircle around the edge of the hole, looking likelittle puffs of white cotton. The full-grownbirds mingle freely with the dogs, not occupy-ing any particular burrow except when nesting,but dodging in…
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