84 Bird - Lore 



lark, Chat, Maryland Yellowthroat, Field Sparrow, Cardinal, Red-eyed Vireo, 

 Ovenbird, Wood Thrush, Scarlet Tanager, Acadian Flycatcher, Great Crested 

 Flycatcher, Mourning Dove, Kingbird, Red-headed Woodpecker, Wood 

 Pewee, Bob-white, Chickadee, Titmouse, White-breasted Nuthatch, Carolina 

 Wren, Mockingbird, Goldfinch, Crow, Blue jay, Downy Woodpecker, Hairy 

 Woodpecker, Barred Owl, Screech Owl, Sparrow Hawk, Red-shouldered 

 Hawk, Redstart, Yellow-throated Vireo, Cedarbird, Vesper Sparrow, Louisi- 

 ana Water-thrush, and Ruby-throated Hummingbird. 



We had, in 191 5, seventy-five pairs of Martins in an area of approximately 

 ten acres, and expect to have a great many more than this in 1916. We had 

 one pair of Red-shouldered Hawks nesting in our woods, and kept them for 

 two years; but they developed such fondness for poultry, being caught repeat- 

 edly thieving, that finally we had to shoot them. 



We have in the woods a splendid pair of Barred Owls. They come around 

 the barns at night, and I suspect them also of attempts at chicken-thieving, 

 but they are too handsome and rare a bird in these parts to shoot. We have 

 nothing good to say of the Screech Owl, which we suspect of having been the 

 cause of the mysterious disappearance of many young birds from the nests. 



If any one wants excitement, I suggest that he buy or borrow a stuffed 

 Owl, and put it out in the garden in the daytime during the nesting season. 

 All the birds in the neighborhood will soon congregate, and the children will 

 learn the birds quicker than in any other way. 



The Robin in Yosemite 



By GARRETT NEWKIRK 



In this divine cathedral grand, 

 O'erborne by silent awe I stand, 

 When, friendly greets me, near at hand. 

 The Robin in Yosemite. 



Beneath high wall and towering dome, 

 By roaring rapids dashed with foam, 

 I hear the old, sweet voice of home — 

 The Robin in Yosemite. 



I hear from every sculptured wall 

 The voices of the ages call. 

 And, cheering with their echoes all. 

 The Robin in Yosemite. 



