THE CHEERFUL CHICKADEE 



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our shoulders and eat from our hand. The in- 

 stinct of other birds, when man passes through 

 their leafy retreats, is to fly farther away. The 



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Other birds go south in winter — the chickadee remains 



chickadee, when he sees us coming, flits nearer and 

 nearer inquisitively, and either tweets a soft little 

 greeting or shouts right out his chick-a-dee-dee-dee- 

 dee-dee-dee-dee. Other birds, even the nuthatches, 

 seek shelter in the winter storms, but the chickadee, 



