The Blue Jay: March 1962, Vol. XX, No. 1

Regina: The Saskatchewan Natural History Society, 1962. Paper bound (stapled wrappers), 12mo, silver-grey covers, Pp1-48. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos and drawings. Cover photo: Richardson's Ground Squirrel (see scan). A very good or better copy. About 70 grams -- ships lettermail! We currently stock around 100 issues of 'The Blue Jay' (most issues from 1957-1978). Contents of this issue include: Some courtship behaviour of the Short-eared Owl; Observation of a Great Horned Owl feeding behaviour; Further Great Gray Owl records; Screech Owl at Regina; A fall crow roost and possible migration near Saskatoon; White-breasted Nuthatch caching food; Annual report of the Whooping Crane population; BIrd records from across the Prairies; Townsend's Solitaire at Fort Qu'Appelle; Banded Purple Finch recovered at Yorkton; Bird observations along the La Ronge-Churchill River and Hanson Lake Roads; Some Saskatchewan finches (photos); Apparent breeding record of Turkey Vulture along the South Saskatchewan River; Unusual nesting sites of Brown Thrasher and Yellow-shafted Flicker; Hunting Behaviour of a Swainson's Hawk; An outbreak of botulism in the Regina Waterfowl Park; Snowy Owl banding project; Deformed Hairy Woodpecker; Flora of eroded hillsides; First record of Common Mullein for Saskatchewan; The Cecropia Moth in the prairie provinces; Plans for a small sanctuary; Red Fox in southwestern Saskatchewan; Ecology of the aspen parkland of western Canada; etc. Two copies available. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba.