INTRODUCTION 
By Will Wildwood 
(fred e. pond) 
I N the brief span of an ideal life of rare promise — closing 
when he had but reached the early prime of manhood — 
Bert Hochwalt had given evidence of natural talent as a 
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writer on outdoor recreation, showing a spirit of keen enthusi¬ 
asm, and a knowdedge of birds, gained through habits of close 
observation, which combined to make his essays remarkably 
entertaining and instructive. 
The many friends whose good fortune it was to know him 
intimately, found charm and inspiration in his companionships 
Holding high ideals, seeking field and forest for study of bird 
life and all the animate life therein, he had the enthusiasm of 
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a young Audubon, and a chat or a stroll with Bert Hochwalt 
was a delight to his associates. Manly, in the true sense of the 
word, there was in him a spirit of chivalrv, a determination to 
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do justice to all; in fact, he was one “in whose brave spirit 
Nature fused the tenderness of woman.” 
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Although fond of healthful open-air recreations, particu- 
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larly those of the fields and woods, he loved the pursuits of 
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