The Northern Tier; Or, Life Among the Homestead Settlers
The Northern Tier; Or, Life Among the Homestead Settlers
Evan Jefferson Jenkins
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In the early spring their long-drawn-out 76 THE NORTHERN TIER. whistle is heard over the prairie, denoting that the warni' spring days have come. They fly rather swiftly, and when they alight, after touching the ground, make a peculiar bow- like motion with their wings. A sportsman can approach within a few yards of them before they arise, and as they fly away are an excellent target for wing-shooting. They are migratory, going south in autumn and returning again in the spring. Their flesh is a...s delicious as the quail, but true sportsmen in Northern Kansas generally ignore them on ac- count of their small size; and it is well, as they should be permitted to multiply as destroyers of grasshoppers and other insects, thereby aiding the farmer, for they feed largely on those pests. The feathered songsters of Northern Kansas are numerous. The lark is the harbinger of spring and warm weather. As the bright, warm spring days appear, his melodious notes are heard at early dawn on the prairie and about the farm ; and frequently he perches upon the garden gate or housetop, and sends forth his morning song to awaken the drowsy land- scape and the inmates of the dwelling.
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