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Bird lore - Project Puffin

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The <strong>Bird</strong>s of Monument Valley Park 225<br />

there. I was absent during June, but when I returned in July the Redheads<br />

were holding the fort once more.<br />

One or two pairs each of Western Wood Peewees and Traill's Flycatchers<br />

appear to nest every season, as one always sees them about. There are always<br />

a few Goldfinches around, and Western Warbling Vireos.<br />

MAGPIE<br />

Thus we have about twenty species breeding in the park, perhaps there are<br />

more,—I know of one I have not counted, the House Sparrow; this, though<br />

common enough in town, does not seem to breed freely in the park, but in<br />

August good-sized flocks of young birds are seen around there for a few weeks<br />

and then disappear, possibly returning to the city for the winter. One might<br />

think the feeding-tables with their supplies of seed would be an attraction, but<br />

I do not think I have ever seen a House Sparrow on any of those which have<br />

come under mv observation.

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