Birds of Lewiston- Auburn 15 



WINTER BIRDS 



What a pleasure that some birds revel in cold 

 weather, for they cheer our walks, and our homes if we 

 have feeding stations. 



The flash of white from a flock of redpolls on a 

 cloudy day, the color scheme of yellow, black and white 

 of evening grosbeaks as they fly about our box elders 

 along the city streets or are visitors at some feeding sta- 

 tion, the carmine red of the pine grosbeaks as they feed 

 over our heads in the pines towering above a mantle of 

 snow, the blue and white of the blue jay as he flies 

 across the winter fields are a surprise, delight and 

 reward of winter rambles. 



What is more exhilarating than a flock of snow bunt- 

 ings so happy in a storm making us wonder if a bit of 

 the Arctic world has come to us. The bird-lover never 

 enjoys the chickadee so much as in the winter for he is 

 so social and friendly, feeding from our hands if we will 

 have a little patience. 



To hear the sweet call-note of many of the winter 

 birds makes us take notice that life still exists over the 

 sleeping world. 



Occasionally a tree sparrow, Arctic three-toed wood- 

 pecker and goshawks are seen in late September and 

 early October, but most winter birds arrive from the 

 North during November. Much depends on the tem- 

 perature and food conditions whether or not many are 

 seen. The winter of 1916-17 was favorable and I saw 

 the winter birds during the winter months instead of in 

 late fall, or early spring when they were migrating 

 north. 



There are two classes of winter birds, those that come 



