BIRDS OF PEASEMARSH 



But as to why they go by certain routes he 

 gives no answer. 



So far north as this one seldom sees the large 

 flocks of birds that gather together in migrat- 

 ing season in the region of Lake Ontario and 

 Lake Erie, but the birds that have nested here 

 gather in small flocks before starting away. 

 Sometimes many of them disappear early in 

 the season, but very few have really gone. 

 They are merely off along the lakes and rivers 

 or in the fields and woods. For the education 

 that must be given the young birds before they 

 set out upon the long fly these birds require a 

 wider stretch than their nesting sites. The 

 little ones must try their wings and learn to 

 avoid the dangers by the way. The most re- 

 markable thing in the migration of birds is that 

 the nestlings of a few months before set out 

 upon that stupendous journey. Many of tlse 

 birds that have nested in the sanctuary come 

 back to the old nesting place as if they were 

 saying good-bye. Then some morning we 

 awake to find them gone. 



It is impossible in one short chapter to fol- 

 low the journeys of all our birds. The story 

 of these wonderful travels would fill many 

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