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THE OOLOGIST. 



THE FIRST REAL BIRD DAY. 



By Jay G. Sigmund. 



All winter long the naturalist has been. 

 In a torpid semi-sleeping state, 

 Content to see the birds in magazines, 

 Content to set and read of them till late, 

 Content to learn what other "bird-men" 



know. 

 Rather than venture through the drifts of 



snow. 



But spring has come, the real bird days are 



here. 

 The naturalist wakes up and looks around. 

 The chirps, and songs, and twitters far and 



near. 

 Are to his listening ears a joyful sound; 

 With field-glass, note-book, box and camera 



too. 

 He sallies forth to meet his bird friends true. 



High in the air the quack of ducks is heard, 

 (A flock has lingered far behind the rest) 

 And looking where a clump of brush has 



stirred. 

 We get a glimpse of Towhee at his best; 

 To Water- Thrush, and Chat and sly Cuckoo, 

 We're glad to give a welcome warm and true. 



And when the evening shadows close around. 

 And warn us that the first bird day is done. 

 We heave a sigh and wend our homeward 



way. 

 And vainly wonder where the time has gone; 

 Of all the days that make the year we say. 

 The best one is the first bird-day. 



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