292 Birds of Buzzard's Roost 



of them are found there every winter. It is good to see them 

 and watch them feeding. I have been out there to-day, Feb- 

 ruary 19, 1905, to see them. The earth is covered deep with 

 snow, but this does not prevent them from finding something 

 to eat. As the gardner and I walked over the bottom I noticed 

 how they and the tree sparrows had shaken the weed seed 

 from the stalks on the snow and then gathered it up. Hun- 

 dreds of little bird tracks under the weed stalks told that they 

 had been there. The gardner told me that many of them come 

 to the barn at night to take shelter in it and feed with the 

 fowls. This pleased me much and I encouraged him to look 

 after them. They are such cheerful, happy, contented and 

 busy little creatures that I can not help but love them. 



"O cheery bird of winter cold, 



I bless thy every feather; 

 Thy voice brings back dear boyhood days 



When we were gay together." 



