Of all the songs of birds I have heard, I like the Bobolink’s the best.
LONG-EARED OWL ON ITS EGGS IN AN OLD CROW'S NEST
Photographed by H. and E. Pittman, Wauchope, Saskatchewan.
The Interesting Barn Owl
By JOSEPH W. LIPPINCOTT, Bethayres, Pa.
With a photograph by the author
T
he Barn Owl commands my respect. He is the greatest mouse-eating machine I have yet encountered, and as such surely deserves every consideration in these days of crop destruction by rodents. Like most Owls, he does not allow his presence long to remain unsuspected. A loud, harsh scream after nightfall, repeated at the right intervals to keep one awake and echoed by the young Owls when they appear, is his greeting. And well may the little mice shiver in their poor retreats!