BY THE WAYSIDE 
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Cross Plains, Wis., Nov. 29, 1905. 
Dear Wayside: 
1 belong to the Audubon Society, and 
am fond of birds. Last summer a pair 
of blue-jays built in our maple tree. We 
put threads on a limb of the tree and the 
blue-jays got them and put them in their 
nest. We strewed bread-crumbs on the 
ground and the blue-jays ate them. 
After a few weeks they became very tame 
and ate out of our hands. The blue-jay 
is a very pretty bird. 
Yours truly, 
John Lebersetzig. 
[Aldington, Wis., Nov. 20, 1905. 
Dear Wayside: 
Sometime ago I saw a wee, tiny little 
bird, the smallest I had ever seen. It 
was green, and had a very long bill and 
I thought it was beautiful. It was a 
little humming bird. Grandpa had a 
small patch of tobacco and I used to 
watch the little bird come and suck the 
juice from the blossoms of the tobacco. 
I am eleven years old and am an Audu¬ 
bon boy. 
Guv Gilbertson. 
Ludington, Wis,, Nov. 20, 1905. 
Dear Wayside: 
The Chickadee is a very pretty little 
bird. It visits us in the winter time. 
It is a small bird. Its feathers are white 
and black. Grandpa saw it pick up 
crumbs and wild wheat seeds near the 
house. This bird sings a song, chick-a-dee- 
dee-dee. 
Aged 8. May Annie Scott. 
Letters are acknowledged from Zeland 
Jones, Ella Gilbertson, Minnie Rersdorf, 
Willie Rersdorf, Katie Endres, Sophia 
Esser, Hermina Faust, Katie Grosse, 
Joseph Marking, Mamie Meyer, Angus 
Stumpf, Engelhest Faust, Anna Adler, 
Genevieve Blankenheim, John Zanders, 
Catherine Elber, Anna Witt, Katie Mark¬ 
ing, John Buchmayer, Fred Valentine, 
Adrian Yirnig, Joseph Zimmer, Josephine 
Zander, Jacob Marking, Math Koch, 
Michael Endres, Elizabeth Geraths, Mary 
Pope, Margaret Bitner, Walter Brown, 
Elsie Gesch, Schna Snodgrass, Blanch 
Schwass, Harold Behn, Rosa Gilbertson, 
Laura Steinke, Mabel Berg, Inga Stram, 
Ruth Peterson, Mabel Anderson, Mattie 
Hanson. 
Bird Census. 
Granville, Til., Dec. 30, 1905. 
10 a. m. to 3 p. m., Ground covered 
with snow; cloudy; wind west; tempera¬ 
ture 40 u . English Sparrow, about 50; 
Flicker, 2; White-breasted Nuthatch, 5; 
Canada Geese, 11; American Crows, 5; 
Red-tailed Hawk, 1.—Carl Anderson, 
aged 11. 
Granville, Ill., Dec. 26, 1905. 
Time, 11a. m. to 3 p. m. Ground 
partly covered with snow; clear; wind 
south; temperature 40 c . Canada Geese, 2; 
Slate-colored Junco, 15; White-breasted 
Nuthatch, 1; Screech Owl, 1; American 
Crow, 1; English Sparrow, 25; Chicka¬ 
dee, 10; Bob-White, 6.—Alvina Dippel, 
aged 13. 
Observations made by fifth grade 
pupils, Appleton, Wis.,between December 
15 and .January 1. 
Crow, 5; Brown Creeper, 2; Downy 
Woodpecker, 2; Winter Wren, 1; Blue 
Jav, 2; Screech Owl, 1; Short-eared Owb 
l;Snow Bunting, 150; Chickadee, 2; 
Prairie Chicken, 13. Species, 10; indi¬ 
viduals, 179. 
