BIRDS OF PEASEMARSH 



it on so great a journey. It, too, will cross 

 the Gulf of Mexico, but it has already flown 

 thousands of miles from its nesting place in 

 the Arctic. 



Our Chimney Swifts winter in Central 

 America, our Barn Swallows in the tropics 

 Our Kingfishers and Yellow Billed Cuckoos 

 have been known to visit Bermuda. Some 

 birds that nest in the far north, winter in the 

 southern part of South America. Others, like 

 the Robin and the Blackbird, do not winter 

 farther south than the southern part of the 

 United States. 



The small birds, such as Wrens and Warbl- 

 ers that cannot fly fast enough to escape birds 

 of prey, migrate by night. The shy, retiring 

 birds, such as Thrushes and Woodcocks, also 

 migrate at night. Those that migrate by day 

 are the strong flyers like the Blackbirds, Swal- 

 lows and Crows, or those birds which in their 

 native haunts are not so shy and retiring and 

 are accustomed to making long flights where 

 they have not much cover. Among these are 

 the Robins and Bluebirds and some of the 

 Finches. Strange to say the Hummingbird is 

 among those birds which migrate by day. But 

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