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Crow 

 Corvus brachyrhynchos 

 The Crow is an interesting bird at all seasons of the year, but 

 most interesting in the bleak days of late autumn. Then he will 

 enter our groves singly or in small numbers, flying about noise- 

 lessly and occasionally cawing. Sometimes| great flocks of Crows 

 may be seen feeding in corn fields, where they often rise, fly for a 

 short distance, and then they ahght again. 



Cardinal 

 Cardinalis cardinalis 

 The always striking Cardinal remains with us the year round, 

 and is more common in autumn than at any other season of the 

 year. He makes a beautiful picture perched in a bare apple tree 

 in the orchard. Usually his call-note is first heard before one is 

 aware of the bird's presence. The Cardinal does not whistle in 

 November or during the winter months. 



Red-Headed Woodpecker. 

 Melanerpes erythrocephalus 

 If you see any Red-headed Woodpeckers in November you may 

 know that we shall have a mild winter. This is an infallible sign. 

 Mr. John Burroughs pubHshed recently in the newspapers his 

 opinion that we should have a severe winter, owing to the presence 

 in Michigan of a number of Arctic birds supposed to be found 

 there only in very cold weather. But I think the winter will be a 

 mild one, for the Red-headed Woodpeckers are here in numbers. 



Chickadee 



Parus atricapillus 

 At no other time of the year are Chicadees so common as in the 

 month of November. In fact I think they are more in evidence then 

 than any other species of bird. Always confiding and easily ap- 

 proached, they utter their well known notes with snap and vigor. 

 Their disposition suggests smartness, while their trim appear- 

 ance adds to their attractiveness. 



Snowbird 

 J unco hy emails 

 The snowbirds or juncoes are our favorite winter birds. But 

 they are more abundant in late fall than in winter. When the 

 ground is covered with snow, the juncoes seem to retire farther 



