FOREST TREES AND FOREST SCENERY 
In such forests, and along their bor- 
ders, the birds like to make their home. 
Among the bushy thickets they find a 
secure shelter, and some of them seek 
their food among the fruits and berries 
that grow there. They all possess their 
individual charms, and infuse such 
varied elements of life and cheer into 
the woods that even the most common- 
place scenes are transmuted by their 
presence, while those that were already 
beautiful receive an added attraction. 
In winter there is nothing more har- 
monious than a flock of snowbirds fly- 
ing over frosted evergreens toward 
some soft gray mist or cloud. For 
grace and ease of movement I have 
never seen anything more airy than the 
Canada jay alighting on some near 
bough, softly as a snowflake, to watch 
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