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th ese su rroundings, because she is
plain brow n all over. And th e
W hen an Idigo B unting alig h ts m ale seem s to be playing the
in a fru it tre e and nibbles a t a trick of changing colors. In the
few blossoms, it's easy to forgive rig h t light, he is a rich, deep blue,
him , because he is so helpful in but in a shadow he m ay ap p e ar
d estro y in g insects. A fra g ra n t bud to be an y th in g from dull g ra y to
tem p ts him now and then, but o r coal black.
d in arily h e’d ra th e r be e a tin g c a n
T h ere is seldom any doubt about
ker-w orm s, beetles, grasshoppers, who he is, though, because he is
and o th e r pests.
alm ost c o n stan tly singing a lively,
T h at is why people in th e e a s t cheerful song. It is p leasan t on a
ern half of the U nited S ta te s are hot su m m er day to h e a r him
saying: “S w eet-sw eet, chew -chew ,
sw it-sw it, sw eet-sw eet, s w a y
sw ay .”
The Indigo B un tin g does his
singing from a high perch, but
he and his m a te place th e ir nest
I in a low bush o r sapling, about
L
, four feet from th e ground. F o r
building m a te ria ls th ey use tw igs,
co a rst grass, leaves, h a ir and a
Notional W ildlife Federation
few fe ath ers.
Indigo Bunting
A fte r th e ir new’ hom e is fin
glad to see Indigo B untings a r ished, th e fem ale lays th re e or
rive each spring. T he sm all birds four sm all eggs. T hey a re pale
a re welcom e visitors ail th e way blue o r greenish w hite, and they
from N orth I)ak o ta to M aine and hatch in 12 days. A fte r th e first
so u th to Texas and F lorida. T h ru - brood is big enough to get out
out this area, says the N ational of th e nest, th e p a re n ts ra ise a
W ildlife F ed eration, Indigo B u n t second fam ily la te r in th e season
ings m ak e th e ir su m m er hom es in
By th e tim e th a t th e second
bushy fields, along hedges, and brood is fully on its own, fall is
am ong sm all trees.
near, and th e Indigo B untings
It is h ard to see the fem ale in h a v e for t h e i r w in te r homes.
W hile it is cold in th e U nited
S ta te s, they a re enjoying th e w arm
w e a th e r in Mexico, C en tral Am
erica, and Cuba.
INDIGO BUNTING
Don't forget
Curry County Fair
Will Attract Crowd
You can do better at
F o r the first tim e since th e
Pilot began publication has the
so u th ern p art of th e county been
really cognizant of th e fo rth co m
ing C u rry C ounty F air, booked for
A ugust 22, 23 and 24, a t Gold
Beach.
Possibly m ost responsible for all
this in tere st m ay be th e p a rtic ip a
tion of th e C hetco W ranglers, who
will have ch arg e of th e e n te r ta in
m ent fe a tu re s of th e fair.
A logging jam boree, w hich is
m ore appealing in a tim b e r co u n
try th an a m ediocre rodeo, will
be a su rp rise aw aitin g th e pat
rons of th e fair, this year, Roy
B rim m assu red th e P ilot l a s t
week.
K nowing whom to see. B rim m
is a rra n g in g am ong th e county
logging and tim b e r in te re sts to
I fas anything you
need
tUCTR/CAl
Appliances, Radios
W irin g and Supplies
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pliances!
Repairing
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M [AT&T
IM P O R T A N T
N O T IC E !
Effective immediately, for a limited tune and nnt..
further notice, (.rescent City burniture is pleased to
announce its w illingness to tuianee retail sales on Kel
\inator freezers listed Ixlow, on terms indicateli with
each model:
( ap. ( u
Lbs,
P oien
Monthly
Model
Feet
Froz. Food Fay me nt
Payment
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$15.00
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1 he se tenus aie on brand new 1052 Kel\ in
ers and include 1'cderal Excise Pax, State
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hursday, August 14. 1952
com pete for th e best in tre e -fe ll
ing, high clim bing, and such feats
w hich go to m ak e up a good log
ging show’.
ONE- AND TW O -RO O M COTTAGES
S o u th e rn C urry, also, w ishes to
see h e r princess, P a tric ia Hyland,
have an o p p o rtu n ity , for th e first
tim e, to becom e fa ir queen, which
will m ean a trip to th e s ta te fair
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