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Bird- Lore 



Now that I have told you about a few of the flowers we saw, I must tell 



you of the birds and their nests. 



I do not know what you think, but I think birds and flowers should be 



classed together. 



The first we saw of the birds' nests was a little Field Sparrow's. It must 



have suffered from the harsh winds and rains, for it fell apart soon after we 



found it. We found on a 

 young tree a Robin's nest. 

 It consisted of a mud cup, 

 which was concealed by the 

 dry grass and moss which 

 were woven around it. 



Swinging on a small 

 bush was a Vireo's nest, 

 which was very different 

 from the Robin's. It was 

 frail and had no mud cup to 

 support it. It was woven 

 and fastened tightly between 

 two twigs. 



We were unfortunate 

 enough to see but very few 

 birds. In the topmost 

 branches of a tall tree was 

 the roomy Crow's nest. It 

 was a large one, and ap- 

 peared from below to be 

 made of twigs covered with 

 leaves. 



It would be difficult to 

 tell you all the things we 

 saw while taking our walk. 



But everyone has the chance of belonging to an Audubon Club and enjoying 



some of the beautiful walks, as well as studying about the birds and flowers. — 



Emma May MacIntyre (age ii years), West Philadelphia, Pa., Member of 



Junior 'Wake Robin' Audubon Club. 



[The following explanation of the article above is given by the founder of the 

 'Wake Robin' Junior Audubon Society: "The work is entirely the little girl's own, and 

 I would like to give your readers an idea of the benefit children derive from these Audu- 

 bon club meetings and walks. You will observe that Emma May says little about the 

 birds, for we saw none on the day of the walk she describes. However, there were many 

 other interesting things to see, and the children proved to be sharp observers. In class 

 they are shown birds, wild flowers, berries, leaves, and told their names, so that when the 

 birds are scarce they find many other beautiful and interesting things. In the Audubon 



THE YOUNGEST MEMBER OF THE 'WAKE ROBIN 

 JUNIOR AUDUBON CLUB 



