OUR COUNTRY LIFE 



red-headed, hairy, and downy woodpeckers, white- 

 throat, chipping sparrows, English sparrows, and a 

 long sparrow not identified, robins, wood thrushes, blue 

 jays, white-eyed vireos, brown creepers, crows, 

 yellow warblers in flocks, cat birds, a woodcock on 

 her nest, six bluebills in the bay, cedar birds and cow- 

 birds. No one can be sure what any day may bring 

 forth, or even what day the warblers will arrive ; some 

 come earlier than others, but in this location the first 

 half of May and from the ninth to the twenty-ninth 

 of September, there are sure to be some warblers about. 

 According to a "late theory they take advantage of a 

 strong wind and come up from the south or down from 

 the north on its wings. Certainly we have noticed 

 that a still morning after a gale is the very best time to 

 look for the wanderers. In the spring as there are no 

 immature birds and the plumage is much more brilliant, 

 their identification is easier. But migration time, 

 whether in spring or fall, means great excitement and 

 anticipation in our country home, and we try to have 

 with us then friends who will most enjoy this sur- 



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