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years. Again, most of our information on wild birds comes from birds downed with a gun. Ten years in the wild is the longest record for this magnificent species, our national bird.
There is a book I highly recommend for finding any information on birds you could possibly want. Title: The Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds by John K. Terres. Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1980. This is a monumental achievement for one man and has been called the finest work on birds published in the 20th century. 1 just weighed my copy on the bathroom scale, weight: eight pounds. Big book; one doesn’t carry it on field trips. For the price (about $35), it is a bargain.
1 use it constantly and it was the source of much of the information in this column. This volume is lavishly illustrated with photographs and I, with an attempt at modest humility, will state that I have a few bird portraits in the book. * Do you wish to know which birds practice polandry? These are birds in which the female is larger and more brightly colored than her mate. The male builds the nest in which a female will lay eggs. The male incubates and cares for the young. You’ll learn about this and much more by looking under the heading, Sexual Relationships, in the encyclopedia.
John Trott is a nationally recognized ncituralist. He welcomes reader comments and suggestions to: PO Box 515. Flint Hill. Va. 22627.
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