| Show IX 11 f ady woodland every tr town ahr lh bird r building houie nat and brown lay bouch jart or tra ak la tra ak th happy tra U la tra U I 1 blackbird in th oak tree all th day ach daucy birdie want owe wt iray caoru from leafy bough ta down ther in th aldera dosed tn cold and black tallow birds kr calling that aby r lauy back chara har the alad eon on tb bazel 1 all his neighbor 1 conr to lay Cf boblo in th am tr all in bricht red beef bit of rufilo build their downy nta caoru and th bennie the appi tre from raborn to euarl the alao tor n chorba old school bone by ELMO acott WATSON N NEARLY every fhate in the union the governor haa already issued a proclamation la like thia that we possess great wealth in our trees and birds la a matter of common knowledge but this wealth like many other blessings which we enjoy Is not always fully appreciated tc and ending now therefore I 1 governor of the otate of in accordance with the provisions of the do hereby designate friday april and friday october of the present year as ARBOR AND BIRD DAYS open which days suitable exor clees bay be held to accentuate and ampha dze the importance of the propagation of trees shrubs and vines and the preservation of our native bird life accordingly all over the land bome friday the date varies in different this month will find the school children ringing just such songs as that which beads this article or otherwise taking part in eul table exer aisea so far as tho children are concerned these exercises may or may not accentuate and emphasize the importance of the propagation of trees shrubs end vines and the preservation of our native bird life but they enter into them with test because they offer an opportunity to express the kinship which all of in feel with those elements in nature which are not hedged in and restricted BOBOLINK ty ill the conTent loas and superficial luw 0 civilized human llan the true nature lover not the aint nature grand person but the one whom the be autlee of nature aade ellent rathor than vocal iwu no governors proclamation to him aware of arbor and bird alaya TO him every april day ie bird CATBIRD day and the best proclamation of that net is the ecstasy of song which greets him on an april morning for this la eminently preeminently pre the month of birda as it la the month of wild flow ere some of our birds are with ua the year round A walk through the woods in winter when the bare branches of the trees and the absence of green vegetation tells 0 that moth T nature Is bleeding bleeping Ble will reveal to us an astonishingly large number of birds we take the trouble to make a aliat liat of tho different species we cee there are the bob white and ruffled grouse the various species of hawks and owls the crow the horned larl several species of sparrows cinches finches fin ches the cedar waxwing the chickadee and the nuthatch all listed by most perma Beat residents not to mention ft varied assortment of winter visitant the plumage of most of them Is somewhat drab and dull in keeping with the spirit of winter but la relieved by uch flashes of color as the bright blue of the blue jay and the brilliance of the cardinals scarlet As winter wanes and the first premonitions ions of the approaching earing are felt we become aware of the tact that our bird population will eoon be increased those premonitions come HOUSE as we hear the first band of wild geese go honking over us come night late in february or early in march remember that line from kippings Kip lings the feet of the young men who hath lain alone to bear the wild goose cry and the retrain of that poem way aroni beret on the mothr eld tb world h overdue bend your rod li clear before you when ahe old tret come eer you and tb nd god cfall or you I 1 if that cry heard in the night stirs the gypsy strain in our blood it Is only accentuated when we see in the eky in UK daytime the long V shaped group of honkers or hear the whistle of wings as a floa of wild ducks sweep over our heads these are the vanguard of urn migrating feathered hordes which we enow will be on their efty north then ve v e begin to watch for the first robin and the first bluebird of course in borne of the etalea which really ere northern states both the robin and tre bluebird are penni nent resident but to most people these two are the true harbingers of spring and after that the deluge 1 every april day te bird cayl anil every day the bird proclaim that spring Is really here the flicker some call him the crilow hammer others tiro high bole others the gold eu winged woodpecker Is one of the busiest heralds of the season during alie winter he Is not much given to kocg but when pring warms his heart he te an altogether different individual A eort of frenzy pose eases hiro and to the bird 1 the flicker spring sous Is more beautiful than anything that mendelssohn ever composed the eort of madness strikes his brother the redheaded woodpecker and he I 1 not happy until he can find a tin roof upon which to eonni hia if the madness that strikes the red winged blackbird who seems 0 o tall of the spring joy that it poura out of him in an incoherent and jumbled gurgling flood of boond it hits the kingbird too and high up in the air be swoops and swerves hia war cry and looking tor a crow or hawk to put to ignominious flight and these are but a few of the birds who add their voices to make the woods and orchards ring A uttie later the bird 1 will pa the crested flycatcher the pi toebe th BARM SWALLOW meadowlark the towhee the barn and the yellow billed cuckoo by with scarcely a glance but when they first arrive they are greeted with the thrill of delight which one feels at seeing an old friend again so april Is a month of mounting climaxes each day to 1001 forward bo because it means the eight of another returning bird friend then late in the month comes the big thrill which makes all others tamo it may be when you catch eight of the scarlet managers tanagers ta flashing beauty or when courtly lord baltimore baltimore oriole first malea his appearance or it may be when you hear the song of a robin which sound exactly like a robts and then when you get a of the singer discover that he la the rose breasted grosbeak whose notes resemble closely those of robin himself but its more to be the day when you eee the first redstart or myrtle warbler of the season for then you realize that the tide of the spring bird migration has almost reached its peak and that soon the warblers warb lers in all their rare beauty and difficulty of identification will be here to the true bird lover there la no thrill eo keen as that of seeing and identifying one of these little gems of the bird world for the first timo april days bird days and bo cause they are that april Is a month WARBLER 0 o loth forward to a month to enjoy to the utmost while it Is with us and a month to look back upon with fond est wt en the heat and dual and stagnation of round again |
