Winter Visitors to City Park, Denver, Col. 



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It was astonishing how quickly the birds became reconciled to captivity. 

 Within a few hours they were seemingly content with their new environment, 

 and the day after being captured were feeding from one's hand. Apples 

 appeared to be favored in preference to all other foods offered them, and 

 when the door of their cage was opened, they would alight upon the inserted 

 arm and hand, and, in that position, they could be carried about the room, 

 flying only when the last vestige of the apple had disappeared. When 

 allowed their liberty in the room, it was only necessary to produce a piece of 

 apple to again assemble them on the hand and transfer them to their cage. 



From the many reliable reports received and the daily evidence of large 

 flocks of Waxwings in every section of Denver and the vicinity, it is evident the 

 birds were present in great numbers. Single flocks of more than 1,000 have 

 been noted on several occasions, and the total number of these interesting 

 visitors in all probability exceeded 10,000. This, however, must be con- 

 sidered purely a guess, as it would be quite impossible to estimate them be- 

 cause of the constant movements of flocks from one part of the city to another. 



THE 'ACADIAN' CHICKADEE ARRIVES NEARLY ON TIME! 



Photographed by Maunsell S. Crosby, Rhinebeck, N. Y., winter of igi6-i7 



