8 BEYOND THE PASTURE BARS 



Another thing you can do just as well in the 

 city park as in the country pasture you can 

 learn how to sit still, look sharp, hear accurately, 

 and to ask of everything that comes along an in- 

 teresting question. In short, you can learn in a 

 city park the simple necessary lessons of wood 

 craft, and the names and habits, as well, of a num- 

 ber of the common animals, birds, trees, insects 

 and flowers. 



Indeed, a city park in the spring time, when the 

 birds are migrating, is one of the best of places 

 to study and name them. One of my friends by 

 going morning after morning into Lincoln Park, 

 Chicago, saw and named 145 different species of 

 birds. And he says in his book, "Wild Birds in 

 City Parks," "During the migrations of the birds 

 city dwellers have one of the keenest delights of 

 country life brought to their very doors, because 

 many birds, migrating largely at night, are at- 

 tracted by the lights of the city and stop off in 

 their long journey to feed, so that a city park 

 often contains a greater variety of feathered vis- 

 itors than an equal area in the country." 



So iron gate or cedar rails, it is possible for 

 every one of us to find some spot where the sky 

 is overhead, and the grass is under our feet, and 



