50 Birds of Lewiston-Auburn 



The oriole is a bird of our city streets and lanes as well as 

 of the country. After the young have flown it leaves the 

 nesting locality returning only at intervals. Coues says : 

 "This is one of our famous beauties of bird life, noted 

 alike for its flash of color, its assiduity in singing and its 

 skill at the loom." Its song resembles the robin's but the 

 whistles are loud and clear. 



86. (501) MEADOWLARK 



A summer resident; one of the earliest of the spring 

 arrivals, being heard soon after the bluebird and robin. 

 It remains into October, my latest date being October 21. 

 Some of the college professors have observed it in the 

 winter months. December 8, 1917, a flock of seven was 

 seen above the college and about that time it was reported 

 in other localities. One remained on the college campus 

 during a winter and perished the first of March. Its song 

 is a beautiful whistle with a touch of plaintiveness 

 described by Chapman "clear as the note of a fife, sweet 

 as the tone of a flute." 



87. (498) RED- WINGED BLACKBIRD 



A common summer resident in swampy places. 

 Arrives any time after the middle of March and leaves 

 the last of October. Its o-ka-lee is a pleasant sound 

 when in the vicinity of ponds and marshes. Chapman 

 says "when a red-winged blackbird is seen we may be 

 sure the tide of the year has turned and spring has come." 



88. (495) COWBIRD 



A summer resident. The first of April is the time to 

 look for this bird. Although not likely to be seen in 

 flocks, for several days in the spring of 1917 fifty or 

 more visited the northerly side of David's Mountain. It 



