| Show HAWKS 11 IL KS AND A Nt n OWLS ii I on Ib hL p JIll i a oC of Th X XI XII ws wa waS I S lve Ive ps to 10 s communication fro Professor J H It Paul nut on the nub aUb j t r f protecting hawk and ow it Ita m a of ot more Mr than many are HP aware of ot for Cor UM u th of ot ottil ih til wonderful forged fored 10 by b na naI uro I rc cannot bo be jt without weakening the th Ih entire nUre chain The i c by th the lite Creator Crealor annul he hl detroyd without iu mp Bird am and other ant 1 ot 01 pry Iry have their to toI toSi I Si i r t m In ir the economy ot of nature natuA and andi nd i S S 1 ti man n will noon oon learn arn that It IC Ith Ith IChe h he i the of t animate animals I hat sern rn to t l be c e made mad p lally for Cor fori i uI In purse purpose of ot f fighting the hattie battle Against ins e and other uther rIa against which man mall la Is I more mo or less leae 1 Ia 1111 effort effo tM ui itt subduing the th soil will willon on n b bt rendered more mor am and nd more dif difficult IK lie 11 therefore tuII the tb habits baWls of oC animal and nd befriends tho who help hI him In his hIM hi labor a Insects Ina And cost eWt the th country million millIons of or r dollars dollar every vry ry year 3 r on account at of oCt atI I t he h d man ma thy the do d tu tj grains grain fruits nr L graMs gran II It pays pot well to tu protect prot t the and wI oilier ther animate animals that live on 00 p SS Ma H ka and owls Wll w we ar are toki lold h t Hi II order Raptor the Ih plunderers plunder it I N I generally as H a a matter mattaI of oC or that they are re robbers robber and andI 11 I they arc aro indiscriminately tired Ired Hut But the Ih Biological Survey of ot the l Department of or Agriculture has hu shown hown that only three of oC our hawks are ire InjurIous at al all It times time because I these live mainly on wild birds bird and ami poultry most moet othO hawks hawk and nearly till all II the owls 0 are wither either neutral or to 10 most moot people In n a report now out of oC print Hawk and Owls Owl a as to the Farmer Dr A K Fisher ae ornithologist t In the Department of or Agriculture shows show l how the old ok saying thai tIit a little learning te Is a thing le is I In Inthe inthe the 11 popular of ar these theote birds the Ole feeling t hawk hawks and ariI owl owls nan bas become s sh In Inthe the th public mind that It moms soonie to 10 be Instinctive oven ovon III In those who have never won Sf any depredations depredation commit committed ted led by rapacious This prejudice prejudice dice dlee may be bo attributed to 10 lank laok ot of People le have hoard heard that hawks and owls attack poultry and they IhlY do not nol stop 1011 to note nole that these them depredation aro am ro the work of DC only a afew afew few tw kind kinda They condemn the whole family just M as an Indian if it wronged by b one me white while man will was wage war upun the tho whole race raae Three These birds bird the th Doctor observe though they the labor label night and day dayto to the Ih enemies of oC the hue hus husbandman bandman are arc persecuted l unceasing unceasingly ly I while that gigantic fraud the house cat l i 18 petted anti and lIti fed led and given a secure ure shelter from which It may mil In the evening to 10 spread IlIr d destruction among the feathered tribe Idom touching mice If It she he can pro procure cure ure birds or young oung poultry A cat Jinx has been ben known to kill twenty young chickens In a day which I Ie more than most raptorial bird birds destroy In a life lifetime lifetime time Hawks and owls ow Dr In Fisher con continues continues are slow breeders breeder bree en rearing only one n nt brood a year ear and they thy are corn com complementary to uh other While hunt hUllt by day d and keep diurnal mammal In check cheek owls o whose eye eyesight sight night 10 I s keenest keent during twilight and ant th the early arly hours boue hou boSon before dawn CHI cap capture ture nocturnal species The especially harmful hawks are the which we do not have and nd the IhO doe do dohawk hawk and sad tile the duck luck hawk which are also alloo rare The Ih common harmful on w Coopers and the Ih sharp shinned may m be lie known by their short wIn gnu ml long tall tail It should therefore Cal fol follow low lw I that all the th beneficial kinds kind and sil those tho in which good and ani bad qualities balance each esla other may be saved from further decimation d provided that the tho public and end the tho law makers maker tan ran be Induced to 10 consider this thill Mib sub t Our state stale legislation concerning bIrds bird In hi a i poor and unsatisfactory re ye result sult ault of oC a lack ot of Information Inform on For Instance the Ule Utah bounty oI law I for Cor the destruction of ot sparrows sparrow al has been In force torce since sineS 1181 lUll and nd while It ha lies had no appreciable effect treet on the number of ot the Ih sparrows sparrow It has hu resulted most moat disastrously to 10 the Ih native birds bird be because beu because cause u the eggs ens of oC f several of oC the lat It latter Itter ter kinds kInd have ben been extensively col eel 18 11 In VI of or sparrows egg gs It seems seem me useless 1 to attempt t to legislate the Ih Injurious species of ot existence the th better way wy I is Ia to 10 protect by b suit uIt suitable suitable able laws law la all iii the tho native birds ex fiX excepting the few from which protection protection tion should be withdrawn Them Thee The few nol t ta In S q T r Palmer lalmer comprise the th Ih lUh r the U greet great lIt horn horned ed owl os roh It 11 duck hawk sharp binned t hawks hawk cooper e hawk crow erow linnet In certain places pl end oc oC some of oC the th blackbirds black Home ome authorities would reduce n this small lint list of oc In InH j jiu kue H M species and 1 all 1111 oral li lott te agree that most mot of oC the of oC hawks hawk and nd owls owl are re bene beneficial fold Since Mince this I l a fact tact that cur sur surprises prIces many meny people popl otherwise well veli In firmed farmed It was wan well worth the while rf rt our to 10 show aho that thaI It ItIs ItI Is Ia I Irl r c Tho Th Th enumeration given of oC our principal pp I r anti and the brief ac ie account count of ot their habits hould servo serve to enlist the Interest and cooperation of ot eltI In the uphill work of nr 81 actual bird protection It I la ii a lamentable fact that tive te committees who draft game flame m mIn laws lawn lawnin lawsin in th the various stiles stale have lue little know knew knowledge ledge lege of or the Ih life lit histories historic of oC birds in i especially of oC the raptorial species It Is I surprising also aleo that some of oC the therun Ih I run fun dub clubs should hould be so o far Car behind the Ih times as 1 to offer 0 1 prise iries to 10 those th who kill the greatest number of ot birds of or I prey Above Aboe all an 11 others gunners KUnne like Ilka should hould be bit able attl to 10 distinguish between enemies enI and friend What would be thought If lC army regiments filled failed fall during halt half of 01 their shooting Mooting to distinguish between tweeD friend and foe I This I Is precisely pre tely the of 01 t the average v All Ui naturalists I and nd other friends of oC real conservation I should unite unit their counsels and nd pro pre prevent P vent the enormous barbarity of oC India Ind criminate bird slaughter slaught r I |
