Another group of birds, some known, others 
little known, and still others not at all, occupied 
the meadows, groves and orchards of the adja- 
cent country. Of these are the red-winged black- 
bird, the meadow lark, flicker, kingbird, cuckoo, 
chewink, wood and veery thrush, rose-breasted 
grosbeak, scarlet tanager and a dozen or more 
warblers. 
Then, too, there was a small interesting group 
of birds quite unusual for this district. They 
were the whip-poor-will, night hawk, sandpiper, 
yellow legs and the little green heron. The sand- 
piper, yellow legs and little green heron were 
frequent visitors to the pool at the foot of Oak 
Ridge, first noticed by a lad from Newton, Mass., 
visiting friends on Pine Hills. Later they were 
often seen and reported by members of the Pine 
Hills Audubon Class. 
Just above and beyond Seven Pines, along the 
ridge extending from the orchard at the south 
end of South Main avenue west to Allen street, 
straggles an old fence—so old it bears little 
semblance to the original — twisted in and over- 
grown with witchhazel, black alder, chokecherry, 
dogwood and native grapes—a wild tangle of 
shrubs and vines. This tangle row and the 
ravine below along Willow Run make a paradise 
for birds of the open. Here the meadow lark, 
red-winged blackbird, flicker, bobolink and cat- 
bird congregate in large numbers. It is an ex- 
ceedingly safe retreat to find so near the busy 
- haunts of men, and these birds have accepted the 
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