A YOUNG GREIEN HE:R0N REGAINING HIS BALANCE ON A PERCH 



The dark patches at either side of his head are not the eyes, but the inside of the mouth, 

 illustrating the spring-like character of the lower mandible 



Photos by Howard H. Cleaves 

 ONE OE THE "beach PATROE" I SPOTTED SANDPIPER 

 A bird easily photographed near home — a common nester in the eastern United States 



