many land birds. Some water birds, however, are found on or 

 near Cape Cod that are not often seen elsewhere in the State. 

 City dwellers may find many birds in city parks during migra- 

 tions. Apparently there is something about the lights of a 

 large city, especially on misty nights, that attracts birds when 

 migrating. If a city park with trees, shrubbery and water be 

 visited^early each morning in spring and autumn many species 

 may be noted. Birds there, being protected and seeing people 

 continually, are unsuspicious, and may be readily approached. 

 Mr. Horace W. Wright records 120 species in the Boston Pub- 

 lic Garden, and Dr. and Mrs. E. W. Victor have noted 162 

 species in* Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York. 



Birds seek city parks . 



Water birds may be found usually in spring and fall in the 

 ponds of large park systems, such as the Middlesex Fells 

 Reservation or the Lynn woods. Many waterfowl now come 

 to the Back Bay Fens, the Charles River Basin and the ponds 

 in Boston. In such places these birds, being less shy than 

 elsewhere, may be watched and studied. 



Birds require food, water, shelter, nesting places and pro- 

 tection from their enemies. In localities furnishing all these 

 essentials birds always may be found in their seasons. Water 

 always attracts birds. Therefore the bird watcher seeks the 

 neighborhood of lakes or streams. A broad river valle}', with 

 fresh-water meadows, containing small, marshy ponds, if dotted 



