A YEAR WITH THE BIRDS 
Cowbirds, Kingfishers, and friendly Chipping Sparrow will 
have vanished. 
XI 
WINTER BIRDS IN CONNECTICUT 
This is the time to keep the lunch counter well supplied, 
and to leave the door of the woodshed open on the side away 
from the wind when it snows, if there is no brush heap at hand 
or clump of cedars or other evergreens where birds may seek 
shelter, for these frail beings cannot long withstand hunger and 
cold when they come hand in hand, and of the two they dread 
cold the most. 
At this time the permanent resident birds will be seen at 
intervals, though a birdless week may sometimes come and you 
will think they are all frozen, but with sun and a south wind 
they will be either seen or heard again. 
The following list of common permanent residents and 
winter visiting land birds of the middle eastern states you will 
find useful for learning what birds you may reasonably expect 
to find. The resident are : 
Bob White 
Red-tailed Hawk 
Ruffed Grouse 
Sharp-shinned Hawk 
Red-shouldered Hawk 
Barred Owl 
Meadowlark (in South Conn.) 
Cedar Waxwing 
Long-eared Owl 
Hairy Woodpecker 
Screech Owl 
Flicker 
Great Horned Owl 
Blue Jay 
Downy Woodpecker 
Crow 
Robin 
Meadowlark 
Bluebird 
Am. Goldfinch 
Song Sparrow 
Purple Finch 
White-breasted Nuthatch 
Chickadee 
Winter visitors : 
Horned Lark 
Junco 
Snowflake 
Myrtle Warbler 
Longspur 
Northern Shrike 
Redpoll 
Winter Wren 
Am. Crossbill 
Golden-crowned Kinglet 
White-throated Sparrow 
Brown Creeper 
Snow Owl 
Tree Sparrow 
Pine Grosbeak 
