Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 483
nother time ashort-eared owl flew up from the ground at theedge of a frozen brook, and there I found abower among the tall, thick grass, which hadbeen parted by the bird for door and window. The neighborhood of water is a good placeto search for birds when the snow is deep andthe rivers and ponds… … DASHING, ROLLICKING FLIGHT OF BLUE JAY IN A SNOW-STORM. the great red-shouldered hawk often hoveringthere, like a kingfisher, looking for frogs andcrayfish. The bird-life of February doesnot greatly differ from that ofJanuary, except in those sun-shiny days that often occur to-ward the end of the…
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