The birds we saw a year ago, have seen for 
years, are as charming to-day as when they first 
sang. 
So far as discovered, the birds now with us 
are here given in the order of their coming: 
Robin, bluebird, songsparrow, grackle, red- 
winged blackbird, starling, meadow lark, flicker, 
swamp sparrow, goldfinch, phoebe, catbird, king- 
bird, cow-bunting, chewink, red-eyed vireo, rose- 
breasted grosbeak, oriole, bobolink, barn swallow, 
cliff swallow, redstart, house wren, field sparrow, 
vesper sparrow, chipping sparrow, wood thrush, 
creeping warbler, summer warbler, Maryland 
yellow-throat, myrtle warbler, kinglet, tanager, 
cedar waxwing, wood pewee, veery thrush, 
chimney swift, least sandpiper, grasshopper 
sparrow, sparrow hawk, crow, humming bird. 
The robin, bluebird, songsparrow, phoebe, 
chippie, wren, summer warbler and the hummer 
are the every-day dooryard birds if there are 
trees, shrubs or vines about our homes. Their 
cheerful presence should be encouraged with 
kindly attention to which they readily respond. 
Are you so fortunate as to have robin, wren or 
bluebird in a nearby tree, or a warbler and chip- 
pie in the shrubbery, or a possible hummer on 
the porch vine, turn a loving heart to them and a 
watchful eye on the household and tramp cat, 
for they leave 
“ Never a sign but the empty nest 
Of the love that mated, the love that sang.” 
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