30 Bu'ds of Oregon and WasJiington 



to listen and learn to look by listening and look- 

 ing — not alone when you go out to find the 

 birds, but when you pass along your usual walks, 

 even in the streets of a city as large as Portland 

 or Seattle. 



In the bird season, from March into July, you 

 need not go far to hear beautiful songs and see 

 several varieties of birds. If you are bent upon 

 describing and learning the names of the birds, 

 go where the birds are, taking with you a 

 pair of sharp eyes, and better, even with these, 

 a pair of opera or field-glasses. And then go 

 slow ! 



You should often wait for the birds to come 

 to you, while you stand, or sit, near a dead tree, 

 or a tree with a dead top, in an open space. In 

 an hour, eight or ten varieties have been known 

 to visit such a tree for the bird-student. Let 

 your movements be quiet as you go about. 

 Raise your glasses slowly. A hasty motion will 

 frighten the object of your attention. You 

 should have a note-book with leaves made some- 

 thing after the pattern of the one in the back of 

 this book, and put down the best description 

 that you can of the several birds that you see ; 



