Set of 12 Bird Cards America's Wildlife Resources

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COMMON TERN AQUES Male Female CANADA GOOSE Goose Gander LYNN BOGUE HUNT ROSE BREASTED GROSBEAK Female Male TPETERSON SCAUP DUCK Female Male AQUES LYNN BOGUE HUNT BOB-WHITE QUAIL Cock Hen RQUES CANVASBACK Female Male VA BULLOCK'S ORIOLE Male Female RIPETERSON AMERICAN WOODCOCK Hen Cock bforel BLUEBIRD Female Male TERSON AMERICAN PINTAIL Male Female RUFFED GROUSE PARTRIDGE Cock Her LYNN BOGUE HEN 412

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Wildlife Post Card Series Subject 3 RESTORE PROTECT CONSERVE AMERICA'S COMMON TERN (Sterna birundo) WORK LIKE A BEAVER FOR RESTORATION WILDLIFE TRADE MARK REG V.S.PAY OFF The flight of the Common Tern is strong, graceful and erratic. This tern is found in both the Old and New World, both from the northern United States and the Canadian provinces down the Atlantic and Gulf coasts to Texas and in the Ba- hamas. In winter it ranges from Florida RESOURCES south on the Atlantic side of South America to Patagonia and on the Pacific to Ecuador. It nests preferably on sandy or gravelly places on islands or on shores where it frequently makes little nest except a de- pression in the sand. The spotted eggs number two or three; both the eggs and the young are difficult to see on the sand. This harmless bird eats small fish, crustaceans, aquatic worms and insects. NAME Copyright 1939, National Wildlife Publishing Corp., New York CITY Wildlife Post Card Series Subject 10 RESTORE PROTECT CONSERVE AMERICA'S CANADA GOOSE (Branta canadensis) WORK LIKE A BEAVER FOR RESTORATION WILDLIFE TRADE MARK REG U.S.PAT.OFF. Wedges of Geese passing overhead are as symbolic of spring as the first Robins. The musical "honking" of the V-shaped flocks is a very exciting sound. These black-necked, white-cheeked fellows are far from being the "silly Geese" that their barnyard brethren are. They would not survive long in the wild, if they were not quite intelligent. RESOURCES Although some Canada Geese nest in parts of the United States, most of them pass the sum- mer in Canada-some as far north as the Arctic circle. The nest is placed on a high spot of ground, or on a little island. Five to nine buffy-white eggs are laid on a bedding of down. The newly- hatched Goslings are buffy yellow. Several races of Canada Geese are recognized-one, the Cackling Goose, which spends the winter in California, is almost as small as a Mallard Duck. NAME Copyright 1939, National Wildlife Publishing Corp., New York CITY Wildlife Post Card Series Subject 12 RESTORE PROTECT CONSERVE AMERICA'S ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK (Hedymeles ludovicanus) WORK LIKE A BEAVER FOR RESTORATION WILDLIFE TRADE MARK REG. N.S.PAT OFF The black and white male, with his large triangular breast-patch of rose-red, is one of the most beautiful of eastern birds. His mate is quite different, more like a large overgrown Sparrow, buf with a much larger bill than any Sparrow has. The male's reputation as a singer lives up to his beauty. His song resembles the RESOURCES carolling of a Robin but is smoother, more melodious - one of the pleasantest bird songs to be heard in the June Woodlands. The nest is built from 6' to 20' from the ground, in a shrub or small tree. The three to five greenish eggs are spotted and blotched with brown. The Rose-breast is found in the sum- mer east of the Rocky Mountains, from the central states north to central Mani- toba and southern Quebec. It migrates to southern Mexico and South America. NAME Copyright 1939, National Wildlife Publishing Corp., New York CITY Wildlife Post Card Series Subject 7 RESTORE PROTECT - CONSERVE AMERICA'S THE SCAUP DUCK (Nyroca marila) WORK LIKE A BEAVER FOR RESTORATION WILDLIFE TRADE MARK REG U.S. PAY OFF The two kinds of Scaup Ducks, also known as "Bluebills" or "Broadbills," are the bay Ducks that look black at both ends and white in the middle, when sit- ting on the water. Sometimes when they raft in large numbers, the water fairly boils with the diving and swimming birds. It seems as though they must surely collide down below. RESOURCES The Greater Scaup and Lesser Scaup are very much alike in appearance, but the Greater has a greenish-glossed head; the head of the Lesser is glossed with purple. Both species nest principally in Can- ada. The Greater Scaup is the winter Scaup of the North Atlantic coast from southern New England to North Caro- lina. It also winters along the Pacific coast, and some migrate through the interior to the Gulf of Mexico. Copyright 1939, National Wildlife Publishing Corp., New York NAME CITY HERE Wildlife Post Card Series Subject 2 RESTORE PROTECT CONSERVE AMERICA'S BOB-WHITE QUAIL (Colinus virginianus) WORK LIKE A BEAVER FOR RESTORATION WILDLIFE TRADE MARK REG US.PAT.OF. Bob-white Quail, one of America's best loved birds, make their homes close to man, and even do well in vacant lots at the edge of cities. They have followed cultivation northward and westward, are active friends of the farmer because of the weed seeds and insects they RESOURCES destroy. Bob-white needs a combination of thicket and open fields. In the north, sleet storms that coat with ice the plants bear- ing seeds and winter berries sometimes wipe out the Bob-white. The name comes from the mating whistle of the male bird. Bob-white is a model father, will help hatch the eggs and will rear the baby Quail if they are left motherless. NAME Copyright 1939, National Wildlife Publishing Corp., New York CITY Wildlife Post Card Series Subject 9 RESTORE PROTEST CONSERVE AMERICA'S THE CANVASBACK (Nyroca valisineria) WORK LIKE A BEAVER FOR RESTORATION WILDLIFE TRADE MARK REG. V.S.PAY OFF Canvasbacks riding the waves, their white backs flashing and rusty heads catching the sunlight are as handsome as any of the waterfowl. On the wing, heading into the wind, their long necks and long bills give them a slender look as if the wings were set far back. In recent years, drought, drainage and other agencies have reduced the num- RESOURCES bers of Canvasbacks so alarmingly that it has been a matter of concern to many people. Although Canvasbacks are found throughout a large part of the United States during migration, and along both coasts in winter, they nest principally in the interior and western parts of North America, in prairie regions, from Alaska, Saskatchewan and western Manitoba south to Oregon, Nevada, northern New Mexico and Minnesota. NAME Copyright 1939, National Wildlife Publishing Corp., New York CITY Wildlife Post Card Series Subject 6 RESTORE PROTECT CONSERVE AMERICA'S WORK LIKE A BEAVER FOR RESTORATION WILDLIFE RESOURCES TRADE MARK REG. US Pat.or BULLOCK'S ORIOLE (Icterus bullocki) This is the common Oriole or "Fire Bird" of much of the West, and it may be dis- tinguished from other American Orioles by the black crown and large white wing patches. The nest is a cup-like affair, hanging from the tips of the branches, from 6 to 40 feet from the ground, generally in cotton woods or willows. The three to six eggs are bluish-white or pale buffy, lined and scrawled with blackish. If you put out a supply of string, yarn or floss, and cut it into ten inch lengths, Orioles will sometimes use it for nest-building. In the summertime, this species ranges as far north as southern British Columbia and southern Saskatchewan. It winters in Mexico. NAME Copyright 1939, National Wildlife Publishing Corp., New York CITY Wildlife Post Card Series Subject 15 RESTORE PROTECT CONSERVE AMERICA'S WOODCOCK (Philohela minor) WORK LIKE A BEAVER FOR RESTORATION WILDLIFE TRADE MARK REG U.S.PAT.Org This quaintly beautiful game-bird of the swampy thicket has mysterious ways that scientists are studying. It is now be- lieved that one thing needed to attract Woodcock are dancing grounds, suitable clearings in the thickets where the male can perform his courting antics in the RESOURCES air. The female Woodcock carries the downy young from a place of danger, flying with them, one at a time, between her thighs. The Woodcock breeds in the northeastern United States and eastern Canada, and winters far enough south to find soft earth for its flexible probing bill. Wood- cock diet is almost 100 percent angle- worms. NAME Copyright 1939, National Wildlife Publishing Corp., New York CITY Wildlife Post Card Series Subject 14 RESTORE PROTECT CONSERVE AMERICA'S THE BLUEBIRD (Sialia Sialis) WORK LIKE A BEAVER FOR RESTORATION WILDLIFE TRADE MARK REGU.S.PAT.OFF. In the North, the simple warbled notes of Bluebirds are among the first spring sounds. In the South, they can be heard the year around. Blue Jays have white breasts; Indigo Buntings, blue breasts; Bluebirds, rusty- red breasts. That is the simplest way to tell this blue trio apart. Bluebirds nest in cavities, in trees, RESOURCES old Woodpecker holes or bird boxes. Four or five pale blue eggs are laid. Boxes for them should be 5" x 5" x 8" deep, with a hole placed above center 1½" in diameter, small enough to keep out the Starlings. The house should be put up on a pole about 5' or 6' from the ground, in a sunny open place. The Western Bluebird is very similar but has a chestnut patch in the center of the back. NAME Copyright 1939, National Wildlife Publishing Corp., New York CITY Wildlife Post Card Series Subject 13 RESTORE PROTECT CONSERVE AMERICA'S AMERICAN PINTAIL (Anas acuta tzitzihoa linnaeus) WORK LIKE A BEAVER FOR RESTORATION WILDLIFE TRADE MARK REG US.PAT.OFF The Pintail, aptly called the greyhound of water fowl, is a swift-flying, agile, hardy species. The male is attractively garbed in a most effective blending of gray, white and brown, surpassing many other birds of more gaudy hues. The Pintail breeds from Alaska and James Bay to California and, rarely, Pennsyl- vania; and winters from British Columbia RESOURCES and New York to the West Indies and Panama; also in Hawaiian Islands. These ducks arrive at their breeding grounds very early, sometimes before the ice is out of the lakes, and their eggs, seven to ten in number and pale greenish to olive buff in color, are laid in late March or April, the young being fully fledged in late June. The species has increased wonder- fully since spring shooting was out- lawed by Federal law. Pintails are very fond of grain for winter feed. NAME Copyright 1939, National Wildlife Publishing Corp., New York CITY HERE Wildlife Post Card Series Subject 11 RESTORE PROTECT CONSERVE AMERICA'S RUFFED GROUSE (Bonasa umbellus) WORK LIKE A BEAVER FOR RESTORATION WILDLIFE TRADE MARK REC. 4.S.PAT OFF The Ruffed Grouse is about the size of a Bantam Rooster and is found in all wood- lands of our northern states and in Can- ada from the Maritime Provinces to Alaska. In our eastern states it goes south to Georgia in the mountains. The nest is a few dead leaves scraped together and may contain from eight to fourteen buffy eggs, sometimes with RESOURCES brown speckles. The little downy chicks can run about for food at once. During the mating season, April and May, the male makes a curious drum- ming sound by rapidly beating his wings against the air as he stands erect on a log or stone. The Grouse eats seeds, berries, buds and insects. It is a wild, shy bird, but thrives in the neighborhood of man if not too much disturbed. NAME Copyright 1939, National Wildlife Publishing Corp., New York CITY