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the sharp-shinned hawk are the most
destructive of all hawks. They prey
By Lans Lenovo
almost altogether upon game girds,
Written from Washington
and other small birds and poultry.
Not long ago I noticed whore the
Cooper's hawk is really the most de­
Fat Elk Gun Club was going to launch
structive of all hawks. This hawk is
a drive on hawks in the fields across bluish gray above and white below,
from Coquille, which brings to mind
finely barred with brown. Tail long,
the fact that each day there are many
barred with black and a slightly
Nature lovers throughout ths United
rounded tail.
The distinguishing
States who are taking sides with the
mark between the Cooper balk and
hawk. The habits and diet of each
the sharp-shinned hawk is the tail.
speoies of hawk« have been investi­
The tail of the aharp-shinned hawk ia
gated and eareftdly studied and in­
square ended; otherwise they are
formation advanced stating that cer­
identical. A strange fact exists when
tain species of hawks are a great as­
combatting any predatory bird or ani­
set to ths farmer and that all clasaes
mal to save the livaa of game birds.
of hawks should not be classed as
For instance, hawks ar* slain to save
chicken thieves.
The statement is
game bird* while they in tarn war up­
made that the harm dona to game on the natural enemies of game birds.
birds by certain species is far off­
They are forever catching th* big rata
set by the good they do in ridding the
that destroy young bird*. On several
farmer’s land of such pests as mice occasion* I have had them tear ekunks
and about twenty species of injurious to pieces that I have caught in my
rodents.
The food of the red-tail traps, which proves that they no
hawk, often called chicken-hawk, con­ doubt attack and kHl
this animal
sist* of small animals, as high as whenever an opportunity present* it­
seven mice being eaten at one meal.
self. It is rather interesting to study
Its food also consists of insects, the battle for existence that each liv­
crawfish, small reptiles and a small ing thing of the forests is waging con­
percentage of birds. The above is the
stantly. Out there “where only the
average stomach contents of 478 fittest survive” there is a perpetual
stomachs of red-tail hawks, examined battle being fought day and night.
by a certain out-doors man. My per­
From the tiniest insect that flies suid
sonal dhservunee of this particular
the most petite bug that crawl* upon
specie* of hawk has classed him as
the ground, on up to man, the battle
somewhat of an outlaw and in th* goes on and on. Esch speecies has
past I have always taken pains to go
enemies ready to pounce upon them.
far out of my way to take a shot at one
The birds prey upon the insects; th*
of these birds. Many of them I have
| larger birds of prey devour the
shot with game birds grasped in their smaller, while they in turn are preyed
talons. They are usually to bo found upon by still larger birds of predatory
perched upon a dead snag that com­
specie**. The little field mice is prey­
mands a view of woodland spots fre­
ed upon by several species of small
quented by quail.
predators. While they in turn ere
The red-shouldered hawk is an­
preyed upon by the larger predators.
other large hawk and is seldom dis­
And so, one and on goes th* struggle
tinguished from the red-tail. In fact,
I for existence, while man, the arch
a person must be wall versed on the
enemy of all the lower animal orders,
hawk Fife to be able to distinguish one prey* upon them ail. One thing is
of these birds from the other. In the
certain and that is, the total exter-
OUT-OF-DOOR8 STUFF
these birds showed poultry, twelve
others, bird* including one quail, 102
mice of several species, 40 other small
animals, 48 reptiles and amphibians,
92 insects, 18 spidere and seven
crawfish. One had eaten nine house
mice and a meadow mouse.
The Bwainson Hawk also somewhat
resembles the two above mentioned
species. This bird is said to seldom
touch game birds and appears to
exist mostly on grasshopper* and in­
sect*. In several instance* the nest*
of small bird* have been found in the
same trees where these hawks nest
and the young never molested, a fact
which speaks rather in favor of this
particular hawk.
Th* goshawk. Cooper’s hawk BB<j
tor* that prey upon game birds,
mean* also an increase in enemies in
the ranks of smaller predator* which
were kept down by the larger preda­
tor* and the former goes on waging
warfare upon game birds. The com­
plexity of the problem is a tough one
to fathom.
I have been keeping eereful watch
on the neat* of the two wild mallards
that are setting within a hundred
yards of the house. Each morning I
feed the bird*. The other morning
on* of them came waddling slowly
toward me. The Hood was running
down her neck from two deep cut*
’ just behind her eyes. I immediately
made my way to her neset. There I
found signs of a stuggl* and five of
the ten eggs had been sucked.
I
fished a steel trap out of the old pack
sack, feeling thankful I had brought
some along, and soon had made a set.
Of course, the old duck did nof go
back to her nest and I made the set
near it. At eight o’clock the same ev­
ening, th* soft breese that blew from
the northward was suddenly charged
with an odor that sent me on the run
to the windward side, of the trap. Fast
in it* jaws was held a large skunk.
The dude had been avehged.
Probably one of the most warred
upon birds and on* of th* must widely
distributed in th* United Stat**, is the
crow. Thousands upon thousands of
them are slain each year. Some state*
even pay bounties upon thia bird.
Hupta ar* organised by gun dubs of
various district* against the Mack
thief. It is a well known fact that
the crow destroys birds’ neats and
aven sate th* young bird*. He ia for­
ever raiding corn field* and other
crop*. Yet in spite of everything
against him—in spit* of all the evi­
dence gathered—he ia quoted by no
les* authority than the U. 8. Depart­
ment of Agriculture a* being a friend
to the farmer. A small book has been
written on the shortcomings and the
good point* of old “Jim" Crow. Boiled
down the data gathered by th* de­
partment, relative to the bird and hi*
relation to agriculture, amounts to
this: the crow ia beset known by the
unfavorable reputation it has ac­
quired in the cornfield. Notorious al­
so are its raids on poultry yards, its
depredations on wild birds, and its at­
tack* on crops other than com. Less
heralded, however, but no less impor­
tant to the farmer, i* the crows’ war­
fare on insect posts. Insect* supply
about one-fifth of its food, and those
preyed upon include some of the
worst pests with which the farmer
has to deal with—grasshoppers, cater­
pillars, and white grub* and their par­
ents, May beetles. From the evidence
at hand the crow’s merits and short­
coming* appear about equally divided.
While it would be unwise to give it
absolute protection and thus afford
the farmer no recourse when the bird
is doing damage, it would be equally
unwise to adopt the policy of killing
every crow that comes within gun­
shot. Much of the good the crow does
can ill be spared, and the damage it
inflicts may be materially lessened by
proper measure* against such bird* as
prove to be a nuisance. '
It is an established fact that crows
have been known to attack young
lambs and pigs. It also feeds upon
carrion.
It ia, indeed, Interesting to note the
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fact that the Department of Agricul­
ture alate* m their book let 00 the
crow, that should one desire to poison
them where they are stealing eggs,
that it may be accomplished by break­
ing open an egg and putting a small
quantity of strychnine in the egg and
that this will kiM the crow that eate
it. And in the face of this statement,
officials of the department, especially
one of Oregon, states that strychnine
irnod for coyote poisoning will not kill
birds. How eome? Surely it is nbt
the yolk of the egg that kills the
crow. There’s a screw loose some­
where!
There are 200 species of willow.
American willow is the moot common
species. There are many different
shades and colors in the many species
and it grows everywhere from thp
border of marshlands to the tops of
mountains.
An American grebe has taken up
his headquarters on the lake near the
house. This bird is never seen in the
marshes around Coquille.
It is a
cross in looks, between a hooded mer-
senger and a sea scoter. It has a pe­
culiar cry, not unlike the cry of a
loon. A noticeable fact about it is
that during the stormy weather it is
never heard, but on bright sunshiny
days ft is forever sounding its pecu­
liar ery.
While the males of most every
species of animal and bird life are on
an average much larger than the fe­
male of the speices, it is a known fact
that the female of all birds of prey
are larger than the male of the
species. This runs true to form in ail
species of hawks, homed owls, etc.
It is an established fact also, that both
birds and beasts the most handsome
specimens are males of each particu­
lar species. The comparison of beau­
ty between--ma les and females of some
distinctive species of birds or beasts
makes a person wonder if they are
really of the same species. In fdct, a
novice in the field ofttimes gate his
game birds mixed by simply being un­
able to understand how a drab little
duck like a hen “sprig” (pin-tail) can
possibly be related to such a gloriously
colored bird as the drake, or how a
hen mallard could belong to the the
same family as the brilliantly colored
bird as the drake.
And while
on the subject,
think
of
how
that gorgeous plummaged old Chinese
rooster puts to shame the soft color­
ing of his little mate. And this holds
true in the snimal kingdom in moot
instances though the fact is not so
pronounced as in bird life. While the
king of beasts may sport a flowing
mane, he has not the trim body of his
less beautiful mate and Ola abo ap­
plies to the cougar. Take the human
race for example. Now there’s—Oh,
Oh, Fd better stop. See you aM again
next week.
Loggers Won From Bandon
In one of the,wildeset and wooliest
games played in Coos county this sea­
son, Coquille’s famed Loggers de­
feated the Bandon team 18 to 8 on
Sunday, even though the ocean shore
club did outhit the locals, sixteen
Mows to ten.
Bandon hit Carl Gilbert hard, but
splendid fielding and base-running
behind the Coquille hurler won for
the locals as they took advantage of
every break.
On the other hand
Bandon’s defense was very loose, and
though only two errors were chalked
up against her fielders, four passed
baHs, nine bases on balls, six hit bat­
ters, and two wild pitches were too
many gifts to be given by one ball
elub.
Coquille scored constantly through­
out the fray, but the big upset came
in the fourth and fifth innings when
four and Ave runs rattled across the
plate. Only two hits were garnered
in each canto, and these along with
the before-mentioned gifts provided
the fireworks. Bandon concentrated
her efforts in the second, fifth and
rtixth innings, in each frame punish­
ing the ball mightily to drive in her
rune.
The hitting star of the game was
George Linn, University of Oregon
freshman first sacker, who collected
three doubles and a single in five
times up. Art Pulford led the Log­
gers again, this time getting three
hits in five up. Stewart and Fischer
each got two hits, as did Moore, J.
Wade,
Donahey, Beckham,
and
Thompson of the Bandon team. Score:
H
R
10
Coquille
.
■
18
1
Bandon
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-
-8
1«
■a
Batteries — Gilbert and Fischer,
Fortier; Thompson, Linn and Moore.
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The only league game on Sunday
saw Reedsport defeat Easteide, 8 to 2,
as “Bud" Sutherland, new hurler for
the Umpqua nine, came forth with a
brilliant exhibition of mound work.
Easteide also lost her exhibition game
on July 4th by a 28 to 15 score to
the North Bend team.
Coquille’s Junior League team fin­
ished its season with a 20 to 18 win
in an elevon inning game played at
Bandon with the Bandon Juniors on
July 4th.
After the advantage had changed
throughout the game, Coquille finally
tied the issue up, 18 to 18, in the
1 eighth with • two-run
rally.
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Sport Briefs
Coquille... ... 1 Marshfield .... .15
By Mark Seeley
Coquille*.. ...20 Bandon ............. .19
Baseball is to continue in the South-
games.
era Oregon Coast League. This is
an almost assured fact, since most of
Norway and Hall’s Creek
the clubs now in the circuit voted
against «he dropping of the schedule
Mr. end Mrs. Sam Owens, of Loa
after advances had been made toward Angeles, Calif., formerly of Bandon,
this end last week.
Eastside and are visiting this week at the Sam
North Bend were especially opposed Dammeron home. Mr. Owens owns a
to a disbandment, while the other ranch on Rink Creek where he intend*
clubs left in the circuit were against moving this fall.
it as well, but were doubtful as to the
W. Noah, of Roseburg, is visting at
financial conditions of their treas­ Mr*. Sarah Barklow** horns. Mr. Noah
uries.
is under the doctors’ care at the Kei­
Marshfield has already dropped ser hospital in North Bend.
from the circuit, while Gold Beach is
A goodly crowd was entertained at
to be asked to withdraw, because of the Louis Aasen home on the Fourth.
the poor attendance in that town. The guest* enjoying th* picnic dinner
The long trip to the Curry entry was were: Mr. and Mr*. J. Barnett, Mr.
never profitable to either the home and Mr*. W. Barnett, Mr. and Mm. A.
or the visiting club.
Binkley, of Portland; Clyde Lilly,
As this leaves the schedule, East­ Ionella Curtis of Bridge, Thelma Per­
side is the only club which will have ry, Mr*. Sarah Barklow, Mr. and Mrs.
to take the long trip to Sutherlin. Ed. Aasen, of Coquille; Mr. and Mrs.
Sutherlin, however, usually draws F. Hoffman, Mrs. Goldner and Mr*.
enough to pay the travelling expenses Lyle Pauli.
of the visiting team. Coquille will
K. Cupinski is home from hi* work
have only two frays left on her sched­ in Eugene, visiting hi* family who
ule, one with Reedsport on July 17, live near Myrtle Point.
the other with Eastside on August 7,
Mr. and Mrs. Hoover are visiting
both on the home grounds. This will their daughter, Mrs. Carlton, at Win­
leave open dates in the local schedule chester Bay thia week.
on July 10, July 24, and July »1, but
Dr. H. N. and Dr. Mattie Shaw drove
exhibition games may be scheduled on in from Ashland last Saturday to
these dates.
visit with their son and daughter-in-
Whether or not the fane will appre­ law, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Shaw, and
ciate the efforts of the managers to daughter, Patricia. Both families en­
continue with baseball is unknown, joyed a trip to Sunset over the Fourth.
but they should consider that it is the
Mr*. L. M. Aasen and daughter, La-
proper thing to do in order to save vsun, lonelb Curtis, Mr. and Mrs. F.
the game in thia district Most of the Hoffman drove to Bedside Monday to
clubs wished to continue, and Suther­ witness the airplane show.
lin did not object to the trips into - Thcee making op * two-day party
Coos county.
at Floyd Belieu’a summer home above
Bridge were: Mr. and Mr*. Milo Dun­
The American Legion Post of Co­ ham, Miss Avery, of Marshfield, Mr.
quille can be justly proud of the rec­ and Mrs. Frank Dungey and Mr. and
ord made by their Junior League team Mr*. Mike Broad, of Coquille.
this season, the dub having finished
Oscar Serris, of th* Portland Silver
higher than any Legion team repre­ Fox Farm, has been visiting in thffi
senting Coquille in the past Coached district for several days.
by Carl Gilbert and Leo McLain, the
Mrs. Harrah and family left Wed­
youngsters have played good ball all nesday for Th* Dalle* where she will
season, losing three game* and win­ join her hurtmnd who ha* found work
ning four scheduled games, while in that city.
cleaning up in the two exehibition
Mim Etva McGraw, Jack Bigelow
games played.
.. .
and Mia* R. G. McGraw, of Oakland
Many of the athletes who perform­ Calif., were guests at th. Fred Laf­
/
ed on this year’s team have wonderful ferty home Monday.
prospects of developing into profes­
Mie* Louise Maas, of fiandon,
sional players, and some of them have spent the Fourth with her parents,
already performed as reserve* for the Mr. and Mr*. Geo. Maas, at their
Coquille Loggers. Perhaps the team home in We.t Norway.
might have finished higher in the
Beryl Cox, of Bandon, visited hi*
standing if «he regular lineup had cousin, 8helby McAMister, the past
been intact all season, but losase at week.
various time* weakened the elub con­
*
Mr. and Mas. Clove McAllister left
siderably while new performers ware Saturday for several days’ vacation
ninth was scoreless, a* was the tenth,
but in th* Anal frame Coquille scored
the two deciding runs. Bandon also
scored in this frame, but their one
tally was not enough.
The being developed.
The season record around Bandon.