THE CHEERFUL CHICKADEE 



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our shoulders and eat from our hand. The in- 

 stinct of other birds, when man passes through 

 their leafy retreats, is to fly farther away. The 



Other birds go south in winter the chickadee remains 



chickadee, when he sees us coming, flits nearer and 

 nearer inquisitively, and either tweets a soft little 

 greeting or shouts right out his chick-a-dee-dee-dee- 

 dee-dee-dee-dee. Other birds, even the nuthatches, 

 seek shelter in the winter storms, but the chickadee, 



