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school every noon there is at least one Chickadee eating the suet. One day there 

 were two Chickadees and two Downy Woodpeckers eating. Later two Cedar 

 Waxwings settled in the tree but ate the buckthorn berries and not the suet. 

 These birds soon flew away and came back with three other Cedar Waxwings. 

 After a minute or two, six others came to eat the berries. The tree swayed with 

 the weight of a dozen Cedar Waxwings ! I have never seen any Sparrows eating 

 the suet. — Helen White 

 (Age 12 yea,rs), Beverly, Mass. 



[Here is another argument for 

 feeding the birds. It not only 

 helps the birds through times of 

 stress and gives one a great deal 

 of pleasure, but it also makes one 

 more observant of the habits of 

 birds. — A. A. A.] 



THE RETURN OF 

 THE GROSBEAK 



On May 25, 1919, a male 

 Rose-breasted Grosbeak flew 

 in through the open door 

 of a glass-enclosed porch. 

 There he beat vainly against 

 the panes until quite ex- 

 hausted, and, when found, 

 was picked up and soon re- 

 suscitated. Before he was 

 thoroughly recovered he 

 rested quietly in a boy's hand 

 and was photographed. He 

 was also banded (No. 49510). 

 He was then let go. He took 

 to himself a mate, and they 

 built their nest and raised 

 their young not far away, 



coming daily for food on the shelf which was near the porch. A neighbor 

 very much wished he had come oftener to the shelf so he [might have lost 

 fewer of his gooseberries. I, too, would gladly have seen him oftener, 

 especially after he began to bring his wife and children. They were with us 

 all summer. 



On May i, 1920, the Grosbeaks returned to us from the South, and, on 

 May 2, again one was found in the same porch. When caught, unstunned, 

 lo and behold it was banded No. 49510, and we held again in our hands the 



A GROSBEAK FRIEND 



