When birds are located for the season there 
is very little change from day to day in any 
given place, either in number or variety. Oak 
Ridge, once an extremely pretty bluff, lies on the 
west side of Pine avenue near the terminus of 
Myrtle avenue. A number of its fine old oaks and 
pines have slipped away, but it still remains an 
attractive spot for birds and for an hour’s rest 
and uplift of soul. The most opportune time to 
see and hear the birds of Oak Ridge and the 
fields beyond is an early hour of the morning, 
for then they hold their song service, after which 
they disperse to tour for the early worm. 
The rolling fields and ravines east of upper 
South Allen, past Seven Pines to Willow Run 
and beyond is a district where home the meadow- 
lark, starlings, flickers, bobolinks, kingbirds, 
goldfinches and other well-known birds. For 
these birds this has been a favorite district; but 
the builders have sighted an opportunity and the 
birds perforce must move out. Seven Pines, 
Willow Run and the fields above lie in the direct 
line of march, and soon we that know them now 
shall know them no more forever. 
“Hushed the stream, and torn the grassy slope, 
The tuneful vale in silence lies ; 
No touch will more awake its song, 
No birds in adoration meet, 
No communion with nature sweet, 
With bowed heads we cry 
No more upon the hills — No more.” 
In the open, east from North Allen, bétween 
State street and Western avenue, near and past 
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