BIRD BIOGRAPHIES 



Cliff Swallow 



Barn Swallow 



Bank Swallow 



White-eyed Vireo 



Black and White Warbler 



Oven-bird 



Redstart 



Wood Thrush 



October 10 to 20 

 Spotted Sandpiper 

 Whip-poor-will 

 Nighthawk 

 Red-eyed Vireo 

 Maryland Yellow-throat 

 Catbird 



Brown Thrasher 

 House Wren 

 Marsh Wren 



October 20 to 31 

 Phoebe 

 Towhee 

 Tree Swallow 



Migrants Arriving From The 

 North 



October 1 to 10 

 Bronzed Crackle 

 Rusty Blackbird 

 Hermit Thrush 



Canada Goose 



Loon 



Pintail and Mallard Ducks 



October 10 to 20 

 Fox Sparrow 



October 20 to 31 

 Horned Lark 

 Tree Sparrow 

 Snowflake 

 Redpoll 

 Northern Shrike 



NOVEMBER 



Migrants Leaving For The 



South 

 Mourning Dove 

 Belted Kingfisher 

 Cowbird 



Red-winged Blackbird 

 Purple Crackle 

 Vesper Sparrow 

 Chipping Sparrow 

 Field Sparrow 



BIRDS SEEN IN DECEMBER 



Permanent Residents 



Winter Residents and Visitants 



It is interesting to note that the earliest arrivals in the 

 spring are the last to migrate in the fall. The reason is 

 the food-supply. The insectivorous birds arrive later and 

 leave earlier than those that have a more varied diet. An 

 unusually severe winter sends birds south of their usual 

 winter range. 



The dates of migration must necessarily vary with lati- 



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