The Birds' Calendar 



lime or another (luite numerous in the Park: 

 the grackle, robin, snowbird, European gold- 

 finch, white-throat, fox sparrow, song sparrow, 

 flicker, phoebe, white-breasted nuthatch, gold- 

 crest, brown creeper, crow, pine warbler, yel- 

 low-bellied woodpecker, cardinal, hermit thrush, 

 chipper, crossbill, ruby-crowned kinglet, Ameri- 

 can goldfinch, red-poll, purple finch, white- 

 breasted swallow, yellow-rump, red-breasted 

 nuthatch, night heron, black-and-white creeper, 

 towhee bunting, field sparrow, blue yellow-back, 

 spotted sandpiper, Wilson thrush, wood thrush, 

 black-throated green warbler, black-throated 

 blue, Maryland yellow-throat, golden-crowned 

 warbler, thrasher, and prairie warbler. 



Many an ornithologist throughout the coun- 

 try can report a longer and more varied list 

 for April than mine, with its paucity of water 

 birds, and with none of the game birds, nor of 

 the birds of prey. But certainly in the fore- 

 going record is ample subject-matter wherein 

 to find either relaxation or instructive stimu- 

 lus. It can hardly be doubted that far more 

 would make this pursuit an avocation, if they 

 realized that the opportunities therefor lay so 

 conveniently at hand. Flowers and birds are 

 among the winged ministrants, rather than 



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