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coming down the air-lane great-blue, black-crowned, and green 
herons, kingfishers, nighthawks and all the swallows; oar ve 
aloft, swifts, gulls, and an eee hawk. 
At the i 
one is confused in trying to identify them. 
At the base of the bridge on the north side is a spot that 
observers call the aod bathtub. _ Running water has washed a 
sandy pool and ere come the thrushes, 
warblers and sparrows for their ablutions, and they are so ac- 
them don’t seem to mind it ere are excepti o thrushes 
were re at one time and while the unfamiliar olive-back was 
g 
dodge into the underbrush every time a pair of human eyes came 
into his vie 
To name ake birds seen from this bridge would be to list about 
d a 
and an increasing number of appreciative visitors find there a 
most delightful place to view wild life among surroundings that 
are appealing. 
One well-remembered afternoon a turtle dove —_ over, 
t 
tiptop of a tree, two humming birds were passing up and down 
the river, and redstarts, Maryland yellow-throats, blue-winged, 
and yellow warblers in the bushes. 
The red-letter days of bird observing are of course in the 
spring, when birds are in song and leaves do not hide them. et 
ut in the early morning when the sun is just gilding the 
