Show pa 1 r 4 in april to la tho th hily woodland tr a town where the tb birds bird are r building houses hou nest mt and nd brown choral i from leafy bough jut just alor US tra TT Is Is I 1 tra tr let akl hr hear the tb happy apy chorus tra tr ia U ia tra ibi 11 blackbird in the th oak trees tr janet all the th day tor sach ch tucy saucy berdis wants big hi own wt sweet was choruzi from leafy bough sto to down there la in the th almeral lan dressed la in kold gold and nd blach tollow birds are kr calling that thearo ruy really buk bank chorus chom near HT the th rd glad song ion arrow sparrow on the th hazel harl spray pray ToIl lair all ia his hi neighbors neighbor he H to 1 home bom to tay stay chorus robins in th the im elm tr trees all in bright red vests dropping bits of music build their downy nests act chorus and the th bentile b from the th apple appl ppl tree tr ainsa from room morn to sunrise homes hoin the plo place tor for me m chorus old school song by ELMO SCOTT WATSON N NEARLY every stats state la III nh the e union the governor has haa already issued a proclamation la like chist that we possess great wealth in our trees and birds Is t a matter ot of common knowledge but this wealth like many other blessings which we enoy joy la Is riot not always fully appreciated etc and ending now therefore I 1 I 1 governor of th the state of in accordance with the provisions of the statutes do hereby designate friday april and friday october ot of the present year as ARBOR AND BIRD DAYS upon which days suitable exercises luay be held to accentuate und and emphasize the importance of the propagation of trees shrubs and vines tines and the preservation of our native bird life accordingly all over the land some 11 friday the date varies lo in different states this month will find the school children singing just such euch songs as that which heads beads this article or otherwise taking part in suitable exercises so tar far as the children are ara concerned these exercises may or may not accentuate and emphasize the importance of the propagation of treta trees shrubs and vines and tho the preservation of our native bird life but they enter into them with zest because they offer an opportunity to express the kinship which all of us feel with those elements in nature which are not hedged in and restricted BOBOLINK beaff the conventions and superficial atles of civilized human life the true nature lover not the aint nature grand person but the one whom the beauties of nature make silent rather than vocal needs no governors proclamation to make him aware of arbor and ikird days to him every april day Is bird CATBIRD day and the best belt proclamation of that fact to the ecstasy of song 10 which greets him on an april mon lag nr this Is eminently preeminently pre the th mouth of birds as it Is the month of wild flowers some of our oar barda u with us tbt tb yer year round A walk through the woods la in winter whom the bars bar branches of the trees and the tb absence of green creen vegetation tells us 01 that mother nature Is I 1 sleeping Ble will reveal to us ui an astonishingly large larg number of birds if we take the th trouble to malic make a list lift of the different species we see BC therel then are the bob white and ruffled a the various species of hawks and owls the crow the horned lark several species of sparrows Bp arrows caches the cedar waxwing wa the chickadee and the nuthatch all listed by most as permanent residents real dento not to mention a varied assortment of winter visitants tants the plumage of most moat of them Is somewhat drab and aad dull in keeping with the spirit of winter but it Is rell relieved eved by such ruch flashes bashes of color as the bright blue of the blue jay a and n d the brilliance of the cardinals ja carl scarlet e L As s winter wanes and the first premonitions moult ions of the th approaching spring are felt we become aware of the fact that our bird population will soon be increased those premonitions come Y I 1 HOUSE WREN ns as wo we hear bear the farst band of wild geese go honking over us some come night late in february or early in march remember member Ke that line lina from Kip kipling lings the feet oi of the young sien men who hath lain alone to hear the wild goose cry and the retrain refrain of that poem he be mut must ro go go go away from here beret on the other side bide the world hes he overdue ond bend your road is fa clear before you when the old sprang rt fret cornea comes oer you and the red gods call for youl you if that cry heard beard in the night stirs the gypsy strain in our blond it to Is only accentuated when we see in the sky in the daytime the long V shaped group of honkers or hear the whistle of wings as a flock of wild ducks sweep over lour our heads these thesa are this the vanguard of migrating feathered hordes which we know will soon be on their way north then we begin to watch for the first robin and the first bluebird of course in some of the states which really are northern states both the robin and the bluebird are permanent residents but to most people these two are the true harbingers of spring and after that the livery every april day Js Is bird day dayl I 1 and every day the birds proclaim that spring Is really here the flicker some call him the yellow hammer bammer others othera the high hole others other the gold en winged w woodpecker la its one of the busiest heralds of the season during the winter he be la Is not much given to song but when spring warms his heart he be fai an altogether different oal A sort ort of frenzy possesses him bin and to the bird lover the file nicker ksee spring pran aon song li in more beautiful than anything that mendelssohn vt over coo com posed the same ara sort ort of madness bit big brother brocht the redheaded red headed wood packer and he h is ii not happy until he be cu can and a tin root roof upon which to ta sound bound ahli reveille its the mildness that strikes the wd red winged blackbird who teems seems so fall of the th spring joy jay that it pours out of him in at an incoherent and jumbled gurgling flood of sound boond it hits bits the kinga kingbird ird too and high up tip in the air he swoops and swerves sounding bounding his war cry and looking for a crow or it a hawk to put pot to ignominious flight and these are but a few of the th birds bird who add their voices role to t make mak the woods and orchards orchard ring A ut ue ile later the bird lover will pam p the created flycatcher the phoebe the tb BARN SWALLOW meadowlark the towhee the biro bam wallow swallow and aad the yellow billed cuckoo by with scarcely arcely tc a glance but when they first crt arrive they are greeted with the tame same thrill of delight which one feels at seeing an old friend again so april Is 1 a month of mounting ell maxes ench day to look forward to because it means the sight right of 0 another returning bird friend then late in the month comes the big thrill which makes all others a tamo tame it may be vt when hen you cotch catch sight of if the scarlet ta flashing beauty or when courtly lord baltimore baltimore oriole first makes his appearance or it may be when you hear bear the song of ft a robin which sound exactly like a robin and then when you get a glimp ke of the singer discover that he to Is the rose breasted grosbeak whose notes resemble so closely those of robin himself but its ite more likely to be the day when you see fee the first redstart or myrtle warbler of the season reason 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 herd to the true bird lover there Is no thrill so keen as that of seeing and identifying one of these little gems of the bird world tor for the first time april days are bird days and because they are that april Is a month MYRTLE WARBLER to look forward to a month to enjoy to the utmost while it Is with us ni and a month to look back upon with fond est me memory mory when the hent beat and dust dual and a tag nation of midsummer round again |