MONTHLY BIRD LIFE 



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This, however, will not be the only bird mnsic of the month. 

 Certain species now have a brief second song' period, and on the 

 brighter days of the month we may hear Song, White-throated 

 and Fox Sparrows, Phoebes and Ruby-crowned Kinglets singing. 



BIRDS OF THE MONTH. 



Permanent Residents, see page A'j. 



Summer Residents, see page 86. 



Summer Residents leaving for the South. 



October i to lo. 



Black-crowned Night Heron 

 Yellow-billed Cuckoo. 

 Black-billed Cuckoo. 

 Chimney Swift. 

 Least Flycatcher. 

 Bobolink. 



Grasshopper Sparrow. 

 Indigo Bunting. 



Spotted Sandpiper. 

 Whip-poor-will. 

 Nighthawk. 

 Red-eyed Vireo. 

 Maryland Yellowthroat. 



Pied-billed Grebe. 

 Phoebe. 



Scarlet Tanager. 

 Cliff Swallow. 

 Barn Swallow. 

 Bank Swallow. 

 White-eyed Vireo. 

 Black and White Warbler. 

 Oven-bird. 

 Redstart. 

 Wood Thrush. 

 October lo to 20. 



Catbird. 



Brown Thrasher. 

 House Wren. 

 Short-billed Marsh Wren. 

 Ixing-billed Marsh Wren. 

 October 20 to 31. 



Towhee. 

 Tree Swallow. 

 Migra)its arriving from the North. 

 October i to 10. 

 Loon. Bronzed Grackle. 



Pintail. Rusty Blackbird. 



ALillard. American Pipit. 



Canada Goose. Hermit Thrush. 



October 10 to 20. 



Fox Sparrow. 

 October 20 to 31. 

 Horned Lark. Snowflake. 



Pine Finch. Redpoll. 



Tree Sparrow. Northern Shrike. 



November Bird-Life. — It is an interesting fact that the last 

 migrants to leave in the fall are the first to arrive in the spring. 

 The bird-life of November, when the fall migration is practically 

 concluded closely resembles, therefore, that of March, when spring 

 migration is inaugurated. The reason for this similarity is to be 

 found in the fact that both months furnish birds with essentially 

 the same kind of food. Thus the Loon, Grebes, Ducks, Geese and 



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