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Clinton News-Record, 1966-09-15, Page 9I Rambling With Lucy I (LUCY R. WOODS) .I A BABY BIRD I IN A BERRY BOX I The last week in August Beverley Bell and her I three brothers, John, Peter and Tommy, with their I parents, of London, were holidaying at “Enfield” cot- I tage. I On Monday, Beverley and John found a baby bird I on the ground under a big maple tree, So they made I a little nest for it in a berry box. I They brought it across to “The Hut” to learn its I identity, Kay was in the garden and she said; “A I sparrow,” “Not with yellow on its tail and red tips on its wings!” said Beverley, “Go and ask ‘Mr.J, He’s at the barn,” said Kay. He identified it as a Cedar Waxwing. “Go into the house and show it to Lucy,” he in­ structed. So Kay brought Beverley and John carrying the 1 baby bird in a berry box into the house. Lucy looked it up in the bird book. At first glance she had thought it belonged to the Cedar Wax­ wing family but wasn’t quite sure. It could be a Bo­ hemian ^Waxwing! However, she gave the book to the children to take back to their/parents at the cottage. When “Mr,” came into the house, he argued that the Bohemian Wax-wing nested within the arctic circle, so this one must be of the Cedar strain. When Beverley returned the book she said that Wax-wings fed on berries, seeds and insects, and so they’d given the baby bird some black currant jam. “Even our dog likes it. When we had it out on the floor he licked it,” she reported. (Laddie, a long- legged Scotty of sorts, probably enjoyed the jam on its beak as well as showing his approval of the latest addition to the household.) Lucy asked if there’d been any sign of the mother bird about. No one* had seen her. “Mr.” took over some sunflower seeds for the children to shell and mash up for food, and also told them where they could find ripe black and red cur-, rants. Next day Beverley and John came over to see Lucy, each with a bird perched on a forefinger. John’s was a much larger and stronger young bird. He’d found it perched on the wire fence. And they were (both taking the food offered them. ♦ On Wednesday, they reported that they’d seen the mother bird. They put the stronger one on the woodshed roof and it flew up to join the rest of the family. The mother bird welcomed it. The tiny bird was put on the roof, too, but it couldn’t keep its bal­ ance and would have rolled off. Later in the day, the children got it to perch on a twig and Mama Wax-wing came and squashed some­ thing black from her bill into its open mouth. Cedar Wax-wings are trusting birds and will feed their young even though handled by humans, and in close proximity to them. This mother bird had an, admiring audience, not 25 feet away. The tiny bird, the children felt, was not strong enough to leave to its own devices, so they continued to feed it and also to put it out on the twig occasion­ ally for variation of food from its mother. On Thursday, Beverley and John brought the little bird over to see Lucy again. Beverley had red currants which she squashed with a spoon in the small fruit nappy. It was interesting to note that the bird knew the sound of food preparation and bright­ ened up. When offered some on a silver teaspoon, the fledgling opened its bill and took the food off it — just . like a spoon-fed baby. Lucy thought she’d like a coloured snapshot of it, „ but there was no one at home at the' time to take it. The children advised her that they’d given it a bath for it got so sticky down its front. They hoped it would be strong enough to go with its mother by the end of the week. On Friday morning when Kay went over to take a picture of the children feeding the baby Wax-wing, she was disappointed to learn that the Angel of Death had claimed it in the night. It probably was the last one hatched and may 'have 'been pushed out of the nest by its more aggres­ sive brothers and sisters. The children’s mother said that it certainly had nothing wrong with its digestive tract. She felt that it had been injured when it fell out of the nest which was probably in the maple tree, although they couldn’t see it. It’s a question whether the adults*at both “En­ field” and “The Hut” or the children felt the loss more keenly. And next year if this Cedar Wax-wing family brings its kith and kin to feast on the cherry tree, Lucy probably will not show much annoyance, remem­ bering the children’s efforts backed rby the adults, to save one baby bird hatched in August. The mature Cedar Wax-wing is a sleek brown crested bird, measuring six and one-quarter to eight inches, with a broad band of yellow across the end of its tail. It is the only sleek brown bird with a crest, and derives its name from the curious red wax­ like appendages attached to the tips of the feathers of the secondary coverts. It is more commonly known as the cherry bird for its fondness for that fruit. One could see where the crest would rise on the . recently hatched birds. It reminded one of the popular “crew-cut” in a diamond shape running back from the bill. be BY DOROTHY BARKER CLINTON Tourists Storm Ramparts Thurs,, Sept. lJ5r 1966—-Clinton News-Record—Page 9 EXETER SEAFORTH v" ........... * "* Hunting Sched Set For Fall Open seasons for srpall game and migratory ibipcft in the Lake Huron District are. as follows! In the counties- of Bruce, Grey and Huron countries, ex­ cepting townships of Hay, Ste­ phen and Usbome in Huron County — rabbit, September 24 to March 31, 1967; squirrel, September 24 to December 15; pheasant, September 24 to Dec­ ember 15 (8 is.m. to 5 P-m. only); Hungarian partridge, Septem­ ber 24 to November 26; duck, September 24 to December 15; geese, September 24 to Decem­ ber 15; woodcock, September 24, to December 15; and grouse, September 24, to December 15. Townships of Hay, Stephen and Udborhe in Huron County and the'counties of Perth, Ox­ ford, Brant, Halton, Welling­ ton, Waterloo and Wentworth, excepting the townships of An- caster, Glanford, Binbrook and Saltflleet in Wentworith County -— rabbit, October 19 to Feb­ ruary 28, 1967; squirrel, Oct? ober 1 to December 15; phea­ sant, October 19 to November 12 (8 am. to 5 pm. only); Hungarian partridge, October 1 to November 26; duck, 12 noon EDT October 1 to Decem­ ber 15; geese, 12 noon EDT October 1 to December 15; woodcock, October 1 to Decem­ ber 15; grouse, October 1 to December 15. Coming Event Auction Sale of confiscated firearms' will be held at the Department of Lands and Forests, District Office, Hcspel- ■eir at intersections of highways 401 and 24, on Saturday, Sept­ ember 17, at 2 pm. sharp. Fire­ arms' will be on display at Hes- peler Office two days (only) Thursday and Friday from nooon to 9 p.m. daily. Over 100 firearms will sold to the higest bidder. --------—o----------- 12 be KIPPEN MRS. NORMAN LONG Phone 262-5180 Miss Gloria Jean Adkins, Zurich, spent a few .days last week With (Mfr. and' Mrs. Wil­ liam McLaughlan. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Jones and boys visited recently with Mr. and Mirs. Art Ashworth and Carol of Denfield. - Robert McNaughton, son of Mr. and Mrs. James McNaugh­ ton commences’ his course at the University of Guelph this week. Mir. and Mrs. Harold Jones visited Sunday with Mrs. Herb Jones of Hensall, a patient in Sit. Joseph’s Hospital, London. Mr. and Mirs. Louis Kirk, Louise and Paul spent Sunday with Mr. and Mirs; R, H. Kirk at Port Stanley. Mrs. Harry Van Wierren re­ ceived word from Holland last week of the sudden passing -of her mother, the late Mrs. An­ thony Ventol. She was in her 74th year. The deceased with her husband had visiited Mr. and Mirs; Van Wierren only five years ago, remaining in Can­ ada- 11 months. -----------o----------- Huronview Aux. To Meet Monday The Ladies Auxiliary Huronview will meet on Mon­ day, September 19 in the Arts and Crafts roam at 2:30 p.m. Everyone welcome. to I know there will be those who will not wholly agree with me, but I think Quebec City stands' high on the roster of the most colorful and romantic cities in the world. Of course there are much older commun­ ities with as many or more historical edifices, . narrow streets, quaint atmosphere and their fair Share of tourists at­ tractions. London, Paris, Rome, they all stirred me deeply. So did San Francisco and the mis? sion towns of the California coast, or the barren ruggedness df Churchill on the shores of Hudson’s Bay. Quebec City’s ap­ peal for me is as intangible as tomorrow. Its charm is Some­ thing you feel rather than see,- Someone told me, when I mentioned I would have but a few hours within this walled city, that I might as well skip it. No one, but no one they salid, could see all there is to see without spending at least a week in its environs. I didn’t need to see ALL to fall in love with Quebec City. It is a strange combination of the bld and the new. Travel by train from Montreal on the Champlain, ON’s picturesque little Show train or by the Trans-Canada Highway which brings you into the tree-lined streets of the new suburban settlement "'adjacent to the Plains of Abraham; by the hanth. road that winds, among little French Canadian villages along the St. Lawrence River with, their mansard, or slanting roofs, their tiny dormer win­ dows built to peek out on the’ cruel winters of so long ago or wink at 'the hot summer skies; entering the City of Quebec is a tremendous adventure. It is perhaps typical of my ■make-up that my first thought upon entering interesting places is food. It is a challenge in many typically French restaur­ ants that have been established in quaint old homes in the up­ per town. Mine was one off the street, through a paved archway and into a garden setting. Perhaps I instinctively knew ithe French bread would be crisp, the snails delicious in their butter and herb sauce (something that can only be gorged in a gourmet establish­ ment) and the boeuf Bour- guignon supeTbry tender in a sauce of succulent vegetables and wine. Let's Hoof It! ■Completely surfeited and charmed1 by my companion who was bilingual, I decided that my feiw hours in Quebec City would be spent on a walking tour. If I detailed all the fas­ cinating “Rues” I traversed there would be no space to write 'about the horse drawn caleohes that clomped by car­ rying beaming tourists as en­ thralled as I With the old world magic of their surround­ ings. The quaint vehicles had a never ending variety from fringe topped surreys to the romantic conveyances, obviously intended for two. On Le Rue du Treson aTtftits Of all ages, long haired, beard-1 ed, trousered femininity and bared elders Sold fascinating small waiter colors of the St. Louis Gate, or the glimpse one gets of sima'll churches, copper- domed landmarks and of course the Governor's residence in the Citadlel. I talked to two of the more colorful artists busy at their easels. Louis Cloutier is a na­ tive Quebecer, a ' student at Quebec’s Beaux Amts. He told me the artists must purchase a permit to sell their pictures op this fascinating open air mar­ ket. ' He said lhe had paid a commission tosell ihdis While he travelled the peninsula to meet people and Widen his knowledge of Canada and subject matter for tolls art. John Collette, a Bostonian, has returned to this land of his ancestors (his father was a New Brunswicker) to augment his tuition at the Boston Uni­ versity. .His talent in dblicate pen and ink, as well as water coloring, was exciting. Especial­ ly When I learned he earns by his art as much as $300 a month during the summer to­ wards a musical education. This is to supplement a scholarship. From there I turned up a cobblestone, hilly street Where the gray convent of the Ursu­ line Sisters snuggles among the . ancient facades of early French residences. How easy.it was for me to close my eyes and see the' aristocratic chatelaines of these unique maisons in their European silks1 and satins tip­ toeing daintily among thelir walled gardens, or cowering ab­ solutely terrified in the face of invasion. Quebec's early history is one of siege after si'ege. To­ ddy only the thousands of tourists storm the ramparts. a, .lad Wares Gaspe HOTEL (LINTON Featuring "CLOUD 9" Room I 4 NON-STOP FORAGE TEAM FRED McCLYMONT Phone 482-3214 Rally Day Service will held next Sunday in the United Church. Mr. and Mrs* Watson Web- ster returned home last week after a trjip thiough the Can- adian West. •* Thib Explorer group will hold its first meeting on Saturday afternoon of thjs week. A large number from here attended Annivei'saray Services at Goshen United Church last Sunday. Use Classified Ads. Classified Ads, Bring Quick Results ..I.....................I AMIJMJ ..IL. i iL 1 tarn Clinton Memorial Shop T. PRYDE and SON Open Every Afternoon Local Representative A. 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