. Michigan Vogelleben : eine Liste aller Vogelarten bekannt, um in den Staat auftreten zusammen mit einem Überblick über ihre Klassifizierung und ein Konto der Lebensgeschichte jeder Art, mit besonderem Bezug auf ihre Beziehung zur Landwirtschaft ... . Saison. Früher nistete er reichlich auf den meisten Teichen und Seen des Zustandes, sogar bis zur südlichsten Grenze, aber von den späten Jahren ist es viel WASSERVÖGEL. 41 weniger häufig im Sommer in den dicht besiedelten Teilen des Staates, obwohl es wahrscheinlich gelegentlich in jedem Landkreis nistet. Gegen Norden nistet sie in ungebremster Zahl und während der Migra
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. Michigan bird life : a list of all the bird species known to occur in the State together with an outline of their classification and an account of the life history of each species, with special reference to its relation to agriculture ... . season. Formerly it nested abundantly on most of the ponds and lakesof the state, even to the southernmost border, but of late years it is much WATER BIRDS. 41 less common in summer in the more thickly settled parts of the state, al-though it probably nests occasionally in every county. Toward the northit nests in undiminished numbers and during the migrations is so abundantin some places as to be a serious annoyance to the fishermen inwhose nets it is often entangled and drowned. Mr. W. A. Oldfield ofPort Sanilac, has sent us specimens of this species and the Horned Grebetaken in herring nets at that place; and the late Dr. J. W. Velie of St. Josephtold us that it was often caught in the nets there, particularly in the spring.The nest is commonly a hollow in the top of a heap of matted waterplants of various kinds, sometimes on the mainland, more often on smallislands in inland lakes, most often of all on the top of a muskrat houseat the edge of a pond or in some large flooded marsh.. ^=^ ^ ^ - Fig. 4. Loon.From Nuttalls Ornithology (Chamberlain). Little, Brown & Co. The eggs are invariably two, olive-brown more or less spotted withdarker brown and black. They average 3.52 by 2.27 inches. In the south-ern part of the state the eggs are often laid the first week in May, but eggsare also found as late as the last week in June. Dr. Dunham writes thatin Kalkaska county he has taken the eggs as early as May 12. The bird feeds entirely on fish, dives at the flash of the gun, and afterit has been shot at a few times becomes extremely wary and makes longtrips under water often putting only the bill above the surface in orderto breath. It is said to carry its young on its back during flight from one pond toanother, or from the nesting
