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Show GIRLS' SUMMER CAMPS I By JAtfE DEETER R1PPIN ' National Dirwtor, Girl Scout IDENTIFYING BIRDS I Sport, form a big part of camp Ufa Glrla In camp make gala daya out of field meete, with mitu raoea and competltlone. And If you are camping near a lake or river, there la fun In an aquatic meet. In awltn-Batn. awltn-Batn. canoeing, rowing tilting, etc. Outdoor fun of another kind haa an educational phaae. When you live your two wtcka or ao In the open you m. and hear plenty of bird. But can you Identify them? Try It and. If you are a city girl, you will learn aomethlng. Obeerv cloaely ana accurately th alaa of the blrde you aee, their flight. Mnga. forma, haunta. color and call notea. In eatlmatlng the alae. tha robin and tha Engllab eparrow will give you a good baala of meaeurement the robin for blrda about ten Inche long and th Sparrow Spar-row for tho. about alx. now do ran comparb. Now look cloeely at th. bird you ar. atudylng. tie. If It I. larger than a robin, the nam. ale, or .mailer; er the alx. of a eparrow. or amaller than a eparrow; or poMlbly aa large aa a crow. , What color nm It? Bright hued. at reeked, barred, or epotted? Or not atreaked, barred or epotted? Or I It dull, with a markinga? Different parte of th body wilt differ In color, and tt la great sport ' to be able to obeerv. accurately th. breaat and back, tha topknot or ereat If there la one the alu and ahape of the head and the bill. It la aurprralng th. number of detail, you can pick out. YOU'LL LOVBj THE. A bird', bill 1 tntereatlnr. la It hooked, ahort and thick, long and atout. long and narrow, or la It uaed for hammering Ar. th. wing apot- . ted, pointed or barred? i How about the talif What I It . ' color? Ita markinga? In alaa, I. It r long, abort, pointed er narrow? . J Doea th. bird Jerk It. or tilt It? I Or doea h. ua. th. tall a a brace? " A bird' eong may b only a rattle, rat-tle, or It mv be aw.et and low. H. may alng aa he file. Or he may alng only whea perched la a apeclal location. Wher. doe. h. awt? Oirl Scouta who go camping quickly become nature lovere, and beat of all. are Interacted la pre-eervlng pre-eervlng wild life. When you .tudy the bird, and learn about th.tn y.a will want to protect them. too. |