Other Hints for the Beginner 



bloom, with the tender green leaves of 

 the May apple peeping through every- 

 where. The spring beauties have already 

 gone to sleep in the woody twilight, although 

 it is only half after five by this time; but 

 the others, including a stray hepatica 

 here and there, are still almost as wide 

 awake as ever. After gathering up a 

 few of the widest-awake ones, we leave 

 the trees and start homeward by the same 

 route we came. 



Two Golden-winged Flickers greet us 

 as we emerge — they also, by the way, 

 crying out their names; and we hear 

 a Bluebird's soft elusive note and sight 

 him sitting atop a fence post. 



On our way across the meadow again an 

 enthusiastic Red-winged Blackbird circles 

 overhead and sings his flute-hke ''og-ill-ee" 

 refrain for our especial benefit; and near the 

 road, on an old rail, we find the first Wren 

 we have seen this season. 



By quarter after six we are back again 

 at our starting point, having checked 

 fifteen different species on our bird list in 



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