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| Title | The Spoonbill, Vol. 10, No. 13, May 1961 |
| Alternative Title | The Spoonbill, Vol. X, No. 13, May 1961 |
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| Publisher | Outdoor Nature Club |
| Date | May 1961 |
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| Language | English |
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| Original Item Location | ID 2007-023, Box 9, Folder 15 |
| ArchivesSpace URI | /repositories/2/archival_objects/9846 |
| Original Collection | Outdoor Nature Club Records |
| Digital Collection | Outdoor Nature Club Newsletters |
| Digital Collection URL | http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/2007_023 |
| Repository | Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries |
| Repository URL | http://libraries.uh.edu/branches/special-collections/ |
| Use and Reproduction | No Copyright - United States |
| File Name | index.cpd |
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| File Name | uhlib_2007_023_b009_f015_005_001.jpg |
| Transcript | Hcsa To a Phoebe-Bird" I jb=£J VOLUME. X No. 13 May 1961 Under the eaves, out of the wet, Your nest within my reach; You never sing for me and yet You have a golden speech. You sit and quirk a rapid tail, Wrinkle a ragged crest, Then pirouette from tree to rail And vault from rail to nest. And when in frequent, witty fright You grayly slip and fade, And when at hand you re-aligfet Demure and unafraid, And when you bring your brood its fill Of iridescent wings And green legs dewy in your bill, Your silence is what sings. Hot of ax feather that enjoys To prate or praise or preach„ 0 phoebe, with your 3ack of noise, What eloquence you teach I! IT — Witter Bynner PUBLISHED BY THSCRNITHOLOGY GROUP. OUTDOOR NATO RE CLUB. HOUSTON. TEXAS FORTHCOMING ACTIVITIES May 21 (Sunday) ONC Monthly Field Trip. A. visit to Palmetto State Park. Meet 9:30 at the intersection of US 90 and US 183 about 4 miles east of Doling. May 26 (Sunday); Q.. G» Field Trip. Meet 9:00 a.m. at Bolivar Ferry Parking Lot, Galveston. Linda and Clint Snyder are going to take us to Bolivar Peninsula, High Island, Smith's Point, Anahuae, etc. June 1 (Thursday) 0. G.. Meeting at Memorial Park Picnic Grounds. 6:30 p.m. Bring your pienie supper} June 11 (Sunday) 0, G. Field Trip. Meet 7:30 a.m. at Sears Parking Lot, Wayside and Harrisburg. Led by Ben Feltner to East Texas for woodland birds and possible nest photography. ONLY NOTICE TO BE PUBLISHED;] LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. Dear Editor: Corrections for %>ril "Spoonbill": Wood Ibis (l) should have been White Ibis. Mallard Duck from (5) 3/8 L.S.., M. K. etc. should have been under Mottled Duck? however, I did see (l) 3/8 as listed on Galv. - Linda Snyder. Hii Here's a correction on the 0. G. Field trip report for March - *Nuthatch beginning a nest in an old 5 gal. oil drum". Twas a Carolina Wreni - Peg Smith Dear Mabel & Bob Deshayes:: I thougltyou might be interested in knowing that the Eastern Bluebirds have nested successfully near our home, the Chickadees have raised five young, the Red-bellied Woodpeckers should be leaving nest soon, and the Crested Flycatchers were really looking over the woodpecker's home. Janell Buekels, Dayton. COVE. REPORT FOR APRIL 1961 A. K. McKay I got 181 species in April:: First half of month I got 153, of which 132 were seen April 12. Except for that one good day the count would have been low. The other years of higher count for first half of April were 155 in 1959, and 170 in 1955. For the last half of the month, the count was lowest in many years, despite the 99 birds on April 3°. In the past eleven Aprils - last half - the highest was 176 in 1950, the lowest 158 in 1956 and 140 in 1961. This was the poorest April in my |