Then let us, one and all, be contented with our lot; 



The June is here this morning, and the sun is shining hot. 



Oh ! let us fill our harts up with the glory of the day, 



And banish ev'ry doubt and care and sorrow fur away ! 



Whatever be our station, with Providence f er guide, 



Sich fine circumstances ort to make us satisfied ; 



Fer the world is full of roses, and the roses full of dew, 



And the dew is full of heavenly love that drips fer me and you. 



Blackburnian Warbler (Dendroica fusca) 



Range : Breeds in lower Canadian and upper Transition Zones from Man- 

 itoba, southern Keewatin, central Ontario, Quebec, and Cape Breton Island to 

 central Minnesota, Wisconsin, northern Michigan, Massachusetts, and Connec- 

 ticut, and in the Alleghenies from Pennsylvania to Georgia and South Carolina ; 

 winters from Columbia to central Peru and less commonly north to Yucatan. 



The Blackburnian, one of the gems of the warbler tribe, has a rather wide 

 range in eastern North America, extending w^est as far as the Plains and north 

 to Manitoba. Apparently it is nowhere, at least in migration, an abundant war- 

 bler, and there are few field observers so seasoned to the sight of its beautiful 

 colors as not to be thrilled by sight of the bird. In migration its habits offer 

 nothing peculiar. In the Atlantic States in September careful scrutiny of a mi- 

 grating band of warblers and other birds will often reveal the presence of one 

 or perhaps half a dozen Blackburnians. About Mount Monadnock, Gerald 

 Thayer finds it a 'very common summer resident. It is one of the four deep- 

 wood warblers of this region, the other three being the black-throated blue, the 

 Northern parula, and the Canada." 



The Blackburnian favors very big trees, particularly hemlocks, and spends 

 most of its life high above the ground. As Thayer says, the Blackburnian is the 

 "pre-eminent forest warbler of the group, the lover of deep mixed growth and 

 the upper branches of the biggest conifers." The bird has a thin, shrill voice 

 and utters at least two songs or variations which some think resemble the black- 

 throated green's. Whatever the tree selected, be it a hemlock or a deciduous 

 tree, the nest is placed well up among the branches and well out toward the end, 

 where it is safe from all enemies that do not possess wings. 



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