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Red-headed Woodpecker has fed every day at our foodsticks. 

 A pair of Cardinals have lived in the south town, but neither 

 they nor the Red-bellied Woodpecker, which visited us daily 

 last year, has come this winter. A flock of twenty-five or thirty 

 Bohemian Waxwings came March 3. These beautiful birds, 

 singly or in flocks, visit us each year, I suppose because of the 

 delectable berries hanging in the shrubbery of our neighbors. 

 No Titmouse has been heard of this winter, though they were 

 plentiful in 1921 and have been here for several seasons. March 



5 I saw again a little Pigeon Hawk which lived in the south end 

 of Harlem Park last spring. 



February 22, which in this locality was a warm spring day, 

 very wet and very soft underfoot, proved to three people, whom 

 weather did not daunt, a most delightful occasion. We tramped 

 many miles with the desire to see Horned Larks, and saw not only 

 the Larks but huge migrating flocks of Bluebirds and Robins 

 and some Grackles. A Killdeer flew over our heads and we 

 watched a Red-tailed Hawk for some time. On returning to 

 the woods late in the afternoon Bluebirds and Robins were all 

 over the ground as we had never seen them before. A Broad- 

 winged Hawk flew up before us as we went deep into the woods. 

 These birds, together with Crows, Chickadees, Red-headed and 

 Downy Woodpeckers, filled out our very successful winter walk. 

 Of course after tramping those many miles and pulling up a 

 smaller or larger portion of Mother Earth with each step we were 

 weary when we reached home, but as the small boy says, "Gee ! 

 It was worth it." 



Vv aterloo 



H. T. Featherly tells an interesting tale of a Junco's winter 

 bath. 



On December twenty-seventh about four o'clock in the after- 

 noon while on a field trip I w r as greatly surprised to come upon 

 a Slate-colored Junco bathing in a small brook. Standing in 

 water up to his black vest, feathers ruffled and tail spread out, 

 he seemed very much at home as he splashed the water over his 

 body with his wings. The fact that there was a considerable 

 quantity of ice in the brook did not seem to make any difference 

 in the amount of time consumed by his bath, which lasted at 

 least two minutes after he was discovered. He neglected to 

 bathe his head, but was very thorough with the rest of his body. 

 When he had finished his bath he flew into the bushes out of 

 sight. 



December 27 I saw three Killdeers, one male Purple Finch, 

 and two Barred Owls. December 25 and 30 I saw House Wrens. 

 December 28 I flushed a flock of Mallard Ducks. January 5 and 



6 I heard a House Wren singing. 



January 24 I organized a Junior Audubon Society with one 

 hundred sixty-five members. 



