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The Delightful Hobby of Bird Watching 



THE MEADOW LARK AN AMERICAN SYMBOL 



This large pudgy brownish bird has a lovely flutelilce song and tikes to nest in the 

 long grasses of meadowbanks along streams. A useful bird, it preys on great 

 quantities of pernicious insect pests. It is found in so many parts of our land 

 that it might well replace the eagle as an American symbol. 



of you. If you notice a striped head and white outer tail feathers 

 as it flies away, the chances are you have flushed a meadow lark. 

 This bird seems to have great faith in long grasses for protection 

 (even nesting among them on the ground). You may walk up 

 to within a few feet of a meadow lark before it will take wing. 

 In the fall, meadow larks of the North gather in flocks and migrate 

 to southern swamps. 



BALTIMORE ORIOLES 



The Baltimore oriole is a striking example of how our 

 familiar roles may be reversed in the bird world: The male is 

 noted for his beauty, the female for her skill in home construc- 

 tion. You can easily sight the brilliant orange and black plumage 

 of the male even when he flits among tree branches. His olive- 



