HOW TO KNOW THE BIRDS 61 



there will be many opportunities of photographing 

 the nests and eggs of other birds and the parents 

 feeding their young. 



Many people are now using the camera instead of 

 the gun, and it is found that the use of the camera 

 requires much more skill and patience than the use 

 of the gun, and gives one more pleasure and does no 

 harm to the birds. For this kind of hunting there is 

 no closed season. 



As a matter of convenience for reference, the fol- 

 lowing table of fifty common birds is given, showing 

 the dates of migration and nesting for the vicinity 

 of New York City as found in Chapman's "Hand- 

 book of Birds." These dates are earlier for regions 

 farther south and later for those farther north: — , 



CHART OF FIFTY COMMON BIRDS 



(Latitude of New York City) 



Permanent Residents 



Name Date of nesting 



Bob-white May, 4th week 



Chickadee May, 3d week 



Crow April, 2d week 



Goldfinch June, 3d week 



Blue jay May, 2d week 



White-breasted nuthatch April, 3d week 



Downy woodpecker May, 3d week 



Winter Residents 



Name Date of arrival Date of departure 



Brown creeper Sept. 20-30 April 1-30 



Junco Sept. 20-30 April 10-May 10 



White-throated sparrow Sept. 20-30 May 1-25 



Tree sparrow Oct. 20-31 April 1-30 



