Cambridge, Mass.
1900.
April 1-12 
(No 2)
(Merula migratoria) for their voices and those of the
Flickers there would be little in the way of bird
sounds to remind us dwellers in the city that
spring is at hand, now that the Bluebirds, Song Sparrows
and Red-winged Blackbirds have nearly or quite ceased
to visit us, even during their migrations.
Garden Birds
  Although the Robins have been running about on
our lawn ever since their first appearance I do not
think that they can yet get earthworms there
for my men digging in the garden have found no
worms at a less depth than a foot or two. The
Robins watch their digging operations with intense
interest and whenever the men leave their work
the birds descend into the hole & eagerly devour
all the worms that have been unearthed.
  Parus atricapillus. - Scarce a day has passed when the
clear phoe-bee call of the chickadees has not been
heard in the garden. Usually there has been only a 
single bird but on the 9th there were some together.
  Ampelis cedrorum . - A flock of 15 Cedar birds alighted
for a moment in a pine tree next a cedar on
the afternoon of the 9th  I heard others lisping
either on or over the garden on the 11th.
  Loxia c. minor. - Two Crossbills flew low over me
on the 4th. heading westward & coming so near
that I made out distinctly that they were
a male & female.
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