Show y a ai aI i I e A r in APRIL to b lb fh t hady hadr ka r woodland W RB E Every ETTy tree tr a town I Where r the lk bIrd are T an Hon Hons H n neat nat t sad brown browD kr w 1 horn From luCy leafy bough ast o 0 u uTra Tra la I la I tra tr lal nar fear r th the happy r chorus Tra La u I la tra rn ll lal at att t I k lri In la the th oa oak true tr Jangle Janel all 11 the tk day rr For or r each CB saucy nucy Want Wante W tl hI own w wt t wr I From rr leafy bough Tk to t I D 1 Down on ira th r In th alders 1 Dressed I ri In gold K and black black I f Yellow ll w birds bird are r calling That th yr really back kick t I Sear X r the th glad clad on sons nr sparrow w On OB the th haul L x l spray rr telling all hia hb hi neighbors r H I homo home to taT stay Chorus t I Robins Robin K IB In la the tk elm dm trees tre All In brIght red r d reel v t Dr 1 Dropping bit klo ot of musts Build ulla theIr tk lr downy nest neat Chorus And nd the th bonnie k bluebird kl From rr m the th apple t pl tree tru iron from morn to t auntie Home Ilof s the th place pl IT tor re m Chorus Old School l Song enc By ELriO ELrO SCOTT WATSON i h I M l C PLY every tote In Inthe t r the tho Union Ur tho governor U has hils already Issued a n proc proc- proclamation Oz proc 3 like me this That 3 we w possess great wealth f In our trees and ond bl ds dj is isa a matter of ot common knowl knowledge knowledge edge but this wealth ll many other blessings which we en enjoy enJoy I joy Is fa not always al n 8 fully appreciated etc tc and nud ending ow I 1 ow therefore I 1 I governor Io of ot the tate of ot In accordance wIth th the provisions pro of ot tho the statutes statute do here here- hereby hereby I b by designate Fridly April and Friday October of ot the tir present year an os ARBOR AD A D BIRD DAYS DAYSI upon which days suitable exercises I bray be held to accentuate und and Aire the Importance of ot tho the propagation ot of f trees and vines and the of ot our nath native bird life lite lit I Accordingly all nIl over oter the land some Bomo FridAY the date dot varies In different t states this thia month will III find und the school schoolchildren t children ren singing just such tongs songs lion as 08 that which heads this article or other alse taking port part In suitable exer exercises I s ares rises So far tar as aa the th children are ar concerned lies lieso mayor may mav or may I Inot not accentuate end and emphasize the thel l Importance of ot the th propagation ot of otI trees I shrubs and vines tines Ines and the of ot our native bird I life lite but they enter Into them with rest est because they tl tI y offer an opportunity to express th the kinship which nil all oft ofes of ot es s feel with those elements In Nature t i witch are ar no not h hedged In and oDd restricted I av 1 e fe 34 Ctt e BOBOLINK bj by all aU the Ur convention contentions com and superficial Idea l of ot civilized human life lite The true tru Nature lover not the Ur nin t feature grand l l person enon but theone Ur tho one u whom the bea beauties of ot Nature N a turo make Diak silent allent rather than vocal Leeds ds no governor gO I proclamation to oral o him aware of ot Arbor and Bird day To him every April day Is la Bird t r i CATBIRD day and the bt best st proclamation of ot that fact Is the ecstasy of ot song oni which greets him on nn an April morning For this Is la eminently pro the tir month ot of birds aa as It Is th Ur the month of ot wild fion ors era Some Som of ot our birds are ar with Ith ua us the year rear round A walk through the woods In Inter winter wren the tin bare branches of ot Uto trees and the absence ot of green breen vegetation tells us cs that Moth Mother Mother Mother er l Is III will enl re to u an astonishingly l large larre number ot of birds It wo we ta e a the trouble to make maken n a list Hit of ot the different species we w see There Thero are aro tho Uto bob white whito and ruined g ouse e the Ute various species of ot h and 19 0 tho the crow the th horned lark several species of ot sparrows 81 finches the cedar waxwing the and the nuthatch all fill listed by most as permanent residents not notto notto notto to mention a 11 varied assortment ot of winter The Tir o of most of ot them Is somewhat hat drab and dull In 1 E with the tir spirit of ot win winter winter winter ter but It Is la relieved by such flashes fin of oC color as the brIght blue of ot the tir blue jay and the tir brilliance of ot the th cardinal e scarlet As Aa winter wines w and ond the tho first pro pro- pre lons of ot the tir approaching spring are tilt we se become aware of ot the tir tact fact that our bird population will trill III soon be b Increased Those premonitions come comer com r t aS 3 at d x y yh J h fi i HOUSE WREN WHEN as we e w hear benr the first t band of ot wild keese Jeese go so honking over us some night late In III February or early carly In March rem r that line IIno from s 8 The rest Feet of ot the tir lOUD Xoung Men yen lio ho Math hath lain alone clou to hear bar tho Ito wild goose coos cry and and the tir retrain refrain ot of that poem lIe II must nuit go- go go-go-go go c ic o-go o f away w y from rm brel berel k On the th other ther aide Ide ild the tk world he h overdue Send Cn your our road I clear cl r before L f r you ou when the lh h old 14 Spring frt fret come com o er r you TOU And th lb k Red nt 04 Coda call for tor r you yul I If U that cry heard beard In the tir nIght stirs sUra tira the gypsy strain In our blood It I li is only ony accentuated when We w see Eee se seIn In the tir sky Eky In the tir daytime the tir long lone ong Y V shaped group croup of ot honl honi ers era or hear Ute the whistle of ot wings as fiS a Il lock flock of ot wild ducks sweep over oter our heads head These The Themar are the vanguard of ot the U migrating feathered hordes which we w know will soon be b on their way north Then we Ve be begin n to watch for tor the th first nr t robIn and the first of ot course courso In n some somo of ot the states which really r ally are 1110 ar northern both the tir robin and the bluebird are ara permanent residents but to most mot people these thesa two ore are ar the true harbingers of ot spring pring and after and that tho the deluge deluc I 1 IL L Liery Lery ery April day la le Bird day dayl I Ant An 1 Very every du da the bIrd birds proclaim that spring Is really 1 I ere The flicker nIcker tome Home call him bins the tir yellow ellow hammer othra tl tI a high tole 1 ole others the gold golden colden n en wInged winced s woodpecker It is 1 c ne n of ot the tho busiest heralds of ot the season Our Dur log Ing the tir winter he Is III not DOt much rauch given elven to toS S song ng but when hen spring warms warm lila hIs heart he be b I la le an alto altogether ther different Individual ual A sort of ot frenzy him and to the tha bird 10 loser er the flickers sprIng song Is 13 more mora beautiful than anything that ohn ever corn com posed cd 9 1 he be name ame sort i ort of ot madness strike his brother the Ur red re-d headed woodpecker and be he le Ie 1 not happy until he can find a tin root roof upon UllOn which to sound his hb hl reveille It II a the m madness that strikes strike the th red winged winced Ing d t who seem Icem so so o full tull of ot the Ur spring joy that It t pours pour out ot of t him In an Inco Inca Incoherent Incoherent herent and jumbled oJ gurgling flood of sound It hits hit the kIngbird too and hIgh up In Irl the th air ho swoops and andi wen es f sounding his war cry and looking tor for a crow trow or a wk hi-wk to put putto putto putto to IgnomInIous flight And these are aro but a few of ot the tho birds who add their voices oice to t make the lie wood woods and orchards ring A lit litlie little littie lie tle later the th bird lo 10 loser lor er r will pa pass the cn crested cr led ed flycatcher Ur the phoebe tin the th thew w r k kIr Ir 1 r t e x a As BARN SWALLOW meadowlark rk tho the towhee the tha barn swallow and ond the tha yellow billed cuckoo by with scarcely a glance nut But they first arrive they are arc greet greeted d with the same am thrill of ot delight which one feels at seeing feeing an old trl friend Dd again So le 18 I a month of ot mounting ell makes each each d dry I to lock lot forward to u bec 0 o It means menns tho sight eight ol of another returning bird friend Then late Into lot In Inthe Inthe Inthe the month comes the big thrill which males makes all nil ethers ether seem tame It may maybe maybe maybe be behen when hen you c itch sight of ot the scar scar- scarlet kt acar-kt let ht tanagers s flashing beauty or when courtly Lord Baltimore Dore Baltimore oriole first makes his Or It may be b when you hear hoar the tho song ot of a robin which d doesn doe on n t sound like a B robin and then when you ou get a c glimpse gUmp of ot the tho singer discover that he Is I the rose breasted grosbeak whose notes reS resemble so ao closely those thos ot of Robin himself Dut But It s a more mora likely to be b Ur tho day wh when n you see fee EC the tha first redstart or Myrtle rUe warbler of ot th the thai season then you ou realize that the Ur tide of ot the spring bird migration has hIlS almost reached Its Ita peak and that soon Boon the warbler In all their rare rara beauty and difficulty of ot l Identification will mil be b here herTo To the Ur true tru bird 10 loser lo er there Is no thrill to so keen as that of ot seeing and identifying Ing one on of ot those these little gems ot of the tho bird world for tor tho the first time Urn April days daya are ar bird days daya and be- be became because b cause came they are ar that April la is a month tie t v MYRTLE WARBLER to look forward to a month to f enjoy to the tir utmost while I It t le Is I with u us and anda a month to look back upon with fond fondest est eat m memory memori lUor when hen the Ur hiat and dual and stagnation of ot midsummer cornea comel round again |