Word: flicker
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...insects are the birds. A careful examination of the Yard shows that birds' nests are conspicuous by their absence. Occasionally one sees a bird, but it's rarely, and they do not live among us. For the English sparrow and grey squirrel have completely driven such birds as the flicker and woodpecker away. Here is a conflict of sentiments, trees vs. squirrels. And the result is, many squirrels, few birds. Few birds, many insects. Many insects, few trees...