Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974, December 15, 1955, Page 7, Image 7

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    Lesser Scaup Duck, Bluebill
LESSER SCAUP DUCK
©1954 National Wildlife Federation
These birds belong to a genus
of ducks that includes the Red­
head, Canvasback, Ring-necked
Duck and. of course, the Greater
Scaup Duck. This species is the
smallest of the group with a
maximum length of 16* a inches
and a weight of about 2 pounds.
In contrast, the Greater Scaup
has a length of 18‘a inches and
a weight of 2\ pounds; the Ring­
necked, a length of 18 inches; the
Redhead, a length of 23 inches
and a weight of 3 pounds; and th?
Canvasbaok, a length of 24 inches
and a weight of 3 pounds.
Bluebills are commonly found
at least in the winter months in
large flocks oi*rafts often out at
sea. They may feed over the
mussel beds in shallower water.
In summer, they feed more com­
monly on water plants and as a
result the birds have a better fla­
vor early in the season than later.
They may feed at night diving
for their food. In flight, they
form an irregular' wedge-shaped
flock.
Lesser Scaups breed from sou­
thern Alaska to southeastern Can­
ada and south to Colorado and
Ohio.
They winter in general
from southern British Columbia
to New Jersey and south to Pana­
ma.
Birds taken from inland
waters almost invariably yield a
more appretizing flesh than those
taken from marine environments.
Only rarely can they approacn
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the flavor of their relatives the
Canvasbacks. The Greater Scaup
is more common on the sea and
on the Great Lakes in the winter
in northern United States while
the Lesser Scaup is the common
bird on smaller bodies of water
inland.
In general the scaups appear
like small high-foreheaded Can­
vasbacks even though this is
just a crude approximation. They
appear light "amidships” and
darker at the ends. The Lesser
Scaup seems to be larger headed
than the Greater Scaup and has
the head with a purplish rather
than a greenish cast. Both have
broad white wingstripes but while
this extends only about one-half
way along the edge in the Lesser
Scaup it is roughly 50 per cent
longer in the Greater Scaup.
Scaups might be confused at a
distance with Golden-eyes. How­
ever, in the Scaups the dark for­
ward parts extend from the top
of the head to the waterline while
in the Golden-eyes the dark area
is confined to the head at least
forward and even then the dark
of the head bears the light circle
giving the birds its name “Golden­
eye.”
Lesser Scaups or Bluebills usu­
ally nest in marshes. Sometimes
more than one female will share
a nest with the result that a brood
may seem to be excessively large.
From 6-11 eggs are laid by a fe­
male. The eggs are 214 by I1;
inches in size and are olive brown
in color. Incubation is by the
female alone and requires 3 to 4
weeks. There is but one brood
each year. A brood as large as
22 of course would represent the
offspring of more than one fe­
male. Unlike most other Ameri­
can ducks the female has a light
area around the base of the bill
or on the face and while the dark
areas forward may in the male
appear to be black at least at a
distance they are brown in the
female.
Because of the abundance of
these birds they are likely for a
long time to provide a good share
of the harvested duck population
in many parts of the country.
As such they figure in all plans
aimed at maintaining the duck
population at an optimum level.
Because of this the National Wild­
life Federation is interested in
having their problems widely un­
derstood.
—E. Laurence Palmer
THE EAGLE, VERNONIA. ORE.
Our Great America ☆
YESTERDAYS
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FIVE YEARS AGO
From The Eagle. Nov. 30, 19S0
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A helicopter landed at the
Washington school ground at noon
to give the children a close-up
look at it. It was being used by
CrowVi Zellerbach in seeding
work at Columbia Tree Farm and
the landing was arranged by Glen
Hawkins and Superintendent Haul
Gordon.
The first steelhead to be re­
ported this season was caught
Sunday by Bob King and dressed
eight pounds.
The Lower Columbia League
championship cup awarded to the
Vernonia Loggers was displayed
this week at Kullander's Jewelry
store.
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TEN YEARS AGO
From The Eagle, Nov. 29, 1945
A heavy rain and wind storm
Monday morning caused damage
to electric lines and brought out
a number of leaks in roofs and
other trouble. The flag pole at
the city park fell on power lines.
Owners to List Cutover Land
Owners of cutover lands in six
western Oregon counties wiil
have the opportunity to list their
land under the forest fee and
yield tax law in time for the 1955
tax roll, the state board of fores­
try announced today.
Public hearings will be held m
Douglas. Marion, Yamhill, Clack­
amas, Washington and Columbia
counties early in March <1956»
to consider classification. Appli­
cations to come under the law
should be filed with the state
forester prior to December 15,
state forestry officials advised.
Lands coming under the forest
tax act pay 5-cents per acre in
lieu of the property tax. The
low rate enable owners to retain
title to cutover lands until they
can grow a new tree crop. When
the timber is harvested, the coun­
ty is paid a 12’-2 per cent yield
tax.
This tax reimburses the
county for any difference between
the 5-cent rate and the regular
property taxes.
The reforestation act is intend­
ed to stimulate ownership of cut- I
over and logged lands through
the 5-cent per acre feature. Cur­
rently, about 950.000 acres in 18
counties, have been placed under
the law.
Classification of the lands must
be approved by both the state
forestry department and tax com­
mission, forestry officials advis­
ed.
The forestry department
urged all owners of cutover lands
to investigate the possibilities of
classifying their properties under
the act.
Phone HÄ 9-3462
NEHALEM VALLEY
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Water level in Rock creek was
well above the summer level
maintained by the dam
Plans were announced for dis­
continuing the casualty station
maintained here since 1942 Mrs.
R. D. Eby, in charge of the war­
time organization announced
plans for disposing of equipment
stored at the IOOF hall.
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
From The Eagle. Nov. 29. 1940
The Christmas activities com-
luittee met at the Oregon Gas
and Electric office to plan the
annual Christmas party to be
staged at the Washington grade
school following the school pro­
gram.
Officers for the group
were Harry Culbertson, chairman,
George Baker, finance chairman;
and J. W Nichols, secretary
The herd of 14 Holstien and
Guernsey cows owned by Albert
Schmidlin was listed as the- high­
est milk producing herd in Co­
lumbia county during October.
They averaged 791 pounds of
milk and 32.9 pounds butterfat.
Sell it with an Eagle Want Ad.
New Light
on an Old Subject
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Mr. Evans front the Lighting
Company gave an interesting talk
at the Community Hall last night
—on how farmers ran cut electric
bills. For those who missed it,
here's a short recap.
Don’t try to light up the cob­
webs in the rafters. Use a reflec­
tor and a smaller bulb will prob­
ably do the job. Too many farm­
ers use naked bulbs that waste
50r'< of the light.
Try using moveable projector
bulbs that beam light the way a
searchlight docs. A couple of
these “spots” will often give you
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better illumination than a gang
of juice-wasting overhead lamps.
From where I sit, it’s amazing
how often we misuse the things
we have . . . like electricity. We
also make a mistake if we misuse
our right of personal choice —
about w liich candidate tn vote for.
say. or whether beer or coffee
makes the ideal mealtime drink -
by trying to force our opinions on
others. Respect for the other fel­
low’s point of view should be our
“guiding light.”
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