Identifier: birdnotesns08fore (find matches)
Title: Bird notes
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Foreign Bird Club National British Bird and Mule Club
Subjects: Birds -- Periodicals Birds -- Great Britain Periodicals
Publisher: Brighton : Foreign Bird Club : National British Bird and Mule Club
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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■c m Nesting of the Ficldfair, Etc. 217 authentic cases of the nesting of the Redwing. The Fieldfare,ahhough not so large as the )*lissel Thrush, is in my view, thehandsomest of the British thrushes ; moreover, as an ediblel)ird, he is l)y no means to be despised. What sportsman is thereamongst our readers, who has not at one time or another, whengame was scarce, and a flock of these birds has passed high overhis head, tried to rake down one or two. The writer when, inhis young days, he was wont to pursue the wily (lolden Plover,has often added a few plump hieldfares to his bag. and he mustconfess that he wouldnt in the least mind doing so again. But inthese parts they are by no means a connuon bird even in hardwinters. The Fieldfare.—Their nearest breeding ground is in theNorwegian pine forests. Here they are said to breed in colonies.The writer once found a nest near Trondheim. his attention

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