Logan Republican | 1903-01-23 | Page 4 | Birds Find Refuge on a Lightship

Blrda Find Refuge on a Lightship. Tho captain In charge of a light-Bhlp light-Bhlp situated at tho entrance to San Francisco harbor recently reported to tho United States light house commissioner com-missioner that a largo number of land birds took rcfugo on board the vessel. ves-sel. A dense smoke from northern forest fires hung over the locality and completely obscured sea and land. Evidently tho birds had lost their way, and, exhausted by their long flight, tho wanderers lighted on the ship undeterred by tho presence of tho crow. At one time sixty of tho feathered guests were counted on various va-rious parts of tho ship. Owls, cranes, hummingbirds and other non-marine species wero noticed during tho time.