io8 High Tide of Bird Life [FIRST WEEK 



surprise the solitary great blue and the little green herons 

 at their silent fishing. 



No matter how late the spring may be, the great migra- 

 tion host will reach its height from the tenth to the fifteenth 

 of the month. From this until June first, migrants will 

 be passing, but in fewer and fewer numbers, until the 

 balance comes to rest again, and we may cease from the 

 strenuous labours of the last few weeks, confident that those 

 birds that remain will be the builders of the nests near 

 our homes nests that they know so well how to hide. 

 Even before the last day of May passes, we see many 

 young birds on their first weak-winged flights, such as 

 bluebirds and robins; but June is the great month of bird 

 homes, as to May belong the migrants. 



Robins and mocking birds that all day long 



Athwart straight sunshine weave cross-threads of song. 



SIDNEY LANIER. 



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