The Daring Book for Girls - Andrea J. Buchanan [91]
Hummingbirds often make use of sapsucker feeding holes, nesting near them and following the sapsucker around during the day to feed at the sap wells it keeps active.
American Tree Sparrow
The American Tree Sparrow is actually not closely associated with trees, as it forages and nests on the ground. It is a common “backyard bird” found throughout southern Canada and the northern United States. The American Tree Sparrow is a small songbird, only 6 inches long, with a brown crown and eyestripe against a grey head, and a dark spot in the center of its breast.
Cool Facts:
In the summer months, the American Tree Sparrow eats only insects. In the winter it only eats seeds and other plant foods.
And now, a birding poem to inspire you:
A BIRD CAME DOWN THE WALK
By Emily Dickinson
A Bird came down the Walk—
He did not know I saw—
He bit an angle-worm in halves
And ate the fellow, raw.
And then he drank a Dew
From a convenient Grass
And then hopped sidewise to the Wall
To let a Beetle pass—
He glanced with rapid eyes
That hurried all abroad—
They looked like frightened Beads, I thought—
He stirred his velvet head
Like one in danger, Cautious,
I offered him a Crumb,
And he unrolled his feathers
And rowed him softer home—
Than Oars divide the Ocean
Too silver for a seam—
Or Butterflies, off Banks of Noon,
Leap, plashless as they swim.
Modern Women Leaders
WHILE THE UNITED STATES has yet to elect a woman president, many other countries in the past 100 years have had women leaders.
Country Name Years in Office
Argentina President Isabel Martinez de Peron 1974-1976
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheik Hasina 1996-2001
Bangladesh Prime Minister Khalida Zia 1991-1996
2001-2006
Bosnia-Herzogovina President Borjana Krišto Elected 2007
Botswana Paramount Chief Muriel Mosadi Seboko Elected 2003
Burundi Prime Minister Sylvie Kinigi 1993-1994
Canada Prime Minister Kim Campbell 1993
Central African Republic Prime Minister Elisabeth Domitien 1975-1976
Cherokee Nation Chief Wilma Mankiller 1985-1995
Chile President Michelle Bachelet Jeria Elected 2006
Dominica Prime Minister Mary Eugenia Charles 1980-1995
Finland President Tarja Halonen Elected 2000
France Prime Minister Edith Cresson 1991-1992
German Democratic Republic Chairman Sabine Bergmann-Pohl 1990
Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel Elected 2005
Guyana President Janet Jagan 1997-1999
Haiti Prime Minister Claudette Werleigh 1995-1996
Iceland President Vigdís Finnbogadóttir 1980-1996
India Prime Minister Indira Gandhi 1966-1977
1980-1984
Indonesia President Megawati Sukarnoputri 2001-2004
Ireland President Mary McAleese Elected 1997
Ireland President Mary Robinson 1990-1997
Israel Prime Minister Golda Meir 1969-1974
Jamaica Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller Elected 2006
Latvia President Vaira Vike Freiberga Elected 1999
Liberia Chairman Ruth Perry 1996-1997
Liberia President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf Elected 2005
Lithuania Prime Minister Kazimiera Danutė Prunskienė 1990-1991
Malta President Agatha Barbara 1982-1987
Mozambique Prime Minister Luísa Dias Diogo Elected 2004
New Zealand Prime Minister Jenny Shipley 1997-1999
New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark 1999-2007
Nicaragua President Violeta Barrios de Chamorro 1990-1997
Norway Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland 1981, 1986-1989
1990-1996
Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto 1988-1990
1993-1996
Panama President Mireya Moscoso 1999-2004
Peru Prime Minister Beatriz Merino 2003
The Philippines President Corazon Aquino 1986-1992
The Philippines President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Elected 2001
Poland Prime Minister Hanna Suchocka 1992-1993
Portugal Prime Minister Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo 1979-1980
Rwanda Prime Minister Agathe Uwilingiyimana 1993-1994
Sao Tome and Principe Prime Minister Maria do Carmo Silveira 2005-2006
Sao Tome and Principe Prime Minister Maria das Neves Ceita Baptista de Sousa 2002-2003
Seminole Nation Chief Betty Mae Jumper 1967-1971
Senegal Prime Minister Mame Madior Boye 2001-2002
South Africa Rain Queen Mokope Modjadji V 1981-2001