46 THE AUDUBON BULLETIN 



If men are imaginative enough and respectful enough of nature, if com- 

 merce and fashion can be humanized, there should be no reason why the 

 bird life of these islands should not always remain rich and varied. It 

 will be regrettable if Lord Grey's Bill fails, for want of time or other 

 cause, to become law, because it agrees with the drift of opinion and 

 harmonizes and tightens up the present rather unsatisfactory state of 

 the law 



Birding in Autumn 



When in autumn I go walking 

 Through the woods while birds I'm stalking, 

 Folks must wonder what I'm seeking 

 With my constant eager peeking. 



If they knew the fun that's in it, 

 They would scarcely wait a minute 

 When they heard the redbird's whistle 

 Or saw goldfinch on a thistle; 



Heard the song of chickadee 

 From the top of leafless tree; 

 Saw the red of downy's crown, 

 Nuthatch feeding upside down; 



Friendly whitethroats on the ground 

 Black-bibbed juncos all around; 

 Hermit thrush in russet coat, 

 Brown tree sparrow's cheerful note. 



Watch for cheeky scolding jay 

 Who will surely come your way; 

 Possibly you'll spy an owl 

 With its sober blinking jowl. 



Come and try it, unbeliever; 

 Soon you too will have the fever. 

 Joy will be too great for words 

 When you learn to know the birds. 



— O.M.S. 



