JACK MINERS AND THE BIRDS1923 |
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47 psl. - If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young...
54 psl. - She was never so cunning before; Her two little horns Are so sharp and so bright, I hope she'll not grow any more.
133 psl. - ... if three or four flocks get up at the same time, there is shooting on different parts of the hill and the hunters are apt to spoil one another. The Indians say that once these birds leave this bay that they do not feed again till they get far north (Hudson Straits or Baffin Land) In fact a wavey's nest is a great rarity. Strange to say they do not feed in this bay in the fall. Dr. Donald B. MacMillan, who spent the spring and part of the summer of...
54 psl. - And there we would stay In the beautiful skies, And through the bright clouds we would roam: We would see the sun set, And see the sun rise, And on the next rainbow come home.
282 psl. - Rule ye over . the fish of the sea, the fowls of the air, and every living creature that moveth upon the face of the earth.
240 psl. - Now liberate a few pairs of wing-tipped pinioned wild ducks and geese in there, and feed and protect this haven of rest and watch results. In a few years you will find your sanctuary a stopping place for thousands of our migratory chickens, with many other species making their home in the evergreens. In seedling trees I planted twelve years ago, there were at least three hundred occupied by mourning doves' nests at one time last summer.
240 psl. - Knowing these facts, we must no longer treat these birds as wild, but as migratory chickens, and let each county establish a small Federal sanctuary of not less than 25 nor more than 100 acres near the center of the county.
238 psl. - What will our children's children think when they search our records and find that grandfather lawfully shot 6 tons of ducks and geese in one year. I say to all classes of humanity a law like that is worse than no law at all. Yes, we all know that no sportsman will kill that amount of game in one year. Then, why in the name of common sense do we leave that privilege open to those who will?