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OLD FRIENDS IN NEW PLACES 
AST winter and early spring in central Georgia 
I had great pleasure in the little glimpses of 
wild life, mostly bird-life, that I got from the win- 
dows of the cabin study which my friend built for 
me in one corner of an old unused building situated 
in a secluded place near a bushy spring run and a 
grove of pine- and oak-trees. Many of our more 
northern birds — such as song sparrows, bluebirds, 
juncoes, and white-throats — winter in Georgia and 
impart a sort of spring air to the more secluded 
places at all times. The mockingbird, the brown 
thrasher, the cardinal, the meadowlark, the crested 
titmouse, the Carolina wren, the blue jay, the 
downy woodpecker, and a few others are there the 
year round. 
February in Georgia is like April in New York or 
New England, and March has many of the features 
of early May. In late February or early March the 
red maples are humming with honey-bees and the 
elms are beginning to unpack their floral budgets. 
The sparrows — white-throats and song sparrows 
—were at home in the weedy and bushy ground 
around my little hermitage, and I soon encouraged 
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