Identifier: ologistforstud311914latt (find matches)
Title: The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs
Year: 1886 (1880s)
Authors: Lattin, Frank H
Subjects: Birds Birds
Publisher: Albion, N.Y. : Frank H. Lattin
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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eason of 1913,Professor L. W. Welch and the writerspent most of our spare time on thearea known as Dominguez Sloughs,about four miles north of Long Beach.The sloughs are not at Dominguezproper, but about two miles south fromthe junction. Recently a great waterway has beenbuilt, which attracts many birds foundin bays and marshes. The slough isabout two miles in length and one hun-dred yards in width. On the north-western section there has grown adense growth of swamp willows socompact one finds it difficult to goamong them. On the southern sideare small rolling hills, covered withmustard stalks and grain. All throughthe marsh are tules towering from fiveto ten feet in height. The slough ismargined with a dense growth of waterplants. As we approached this region, theair seemed filled with the songs andcall-notes of the marsh birds. TheSan Diego red-winged black birds,hundreds of them, seemed to be hold-ing a meeting that reminded one of apolitical convention. Their harsh THE OOLOGIST 51
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= o 2 52 THE OOLOGIST notes echoed and re-echoed amongthe tules and could be heard half amile away. Over this great pond dra-gon-flies hawk at midges; on a deadtree near the bank a kingfisher hashis perch from which, on our approach,he swooped down, twirling his watch-mans rattle; in the swamp near bywe frightened up a bittern and sever-al American Coots; and in the shal-lows, near the shore, the White-facedGlossy Ibis was seen, standing kneedeep in the water, waiting patientlyfor his victims. On one occasion we directed our at-tention to the willows and cottonwoodtrees bordering the slough on thenorth and northwest and observed thefollowing birds: Willow Goldfinches,Brewer Black Birds, Bullock Orioles,House Finches, Black-crowned NightHerons, Arkansas King Birds, pair ofBlack-chinned Humming Birds and onelone Black-headed Grosbeak. The Wil-low Goldfinches were nesting in theswamp willow trees. They construct a compactly wovencup-shaped nest, composed of plantfibre, lined with down an

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