Download or read book Food of the Bobolink, Blackbirds, and Grackles (Classic Reprint) written by F. E. L. Beal and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-19 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Food of the Bobolink, Blackbirds, and Grackles In certain States near the Atlantic seaboard some species, notably the bobolink, are regarded as game, and an open season is provided for shooting them. In New Jersey 'reedbirds' (bobolinks) may be law fully killed from August 25 to January 1; in Pennsylvania from Sep tember 1 to November 30; in Delaware from September 1 to February 1; and in Maryland between September 1 and November 1. In the District of Columbia the redwing is included with the bobolink, and shooting is permitted on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. Between August 21 and February 1. The investigation of the food of blackbirds by the examination of the contents of their stomachs, while confirming to a certain extent. The popular estimate of their grain-eating propensities, has shown also that during the season when grain is not accessible these birds destroy immense quantities of seeds of harmful weeds, and that during the whole of the warmer portion of the year, even when grain is easily obtained, they devour a great number of noxious insects. The yege table portion of the food usually considerably exceeds the animal. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.