BY TEE WAYSIDE 
79 
saw a Red-winged Blackbird on a tele¬ 
phone pole. He was singing and when 
I got almost up to the pole, he stopped 
singing and sat looking at me. He sat 
still lor a little while and then turned 
around so that I got a got a good look at 
him. The Red-winged Blackbird is black 
all over and it has a red spot on its wing 
and right behind the red spot is a yellow 
s P ot - Yours truly, 
Janie Minor. 
Franklin, Wis., March 30, 1909. 
Dear Wayside: 
One stormy evening in February I saw 
a Horned Lark. It was sitting in the 
road. It wasabout the size of a Sparrow 
and had a horn on each side of his head. 
One morning when I was walking 
along the road I heard some birds sing” 
ing. I looked around to see where they 
were, and there on the tree were some 
Red-winged Blackbirds. 
I saw quite a few birds this spring. I 
sa w a Mead o w 1 ark, Sni pe, Grane, Ch ippi ng 
Sparrow, Robin, Crow. The Crane was 
a little smaller than a Stork and was of a 
grayish color. I saw a Bluejay, Bluebird, 
and a large flock of geese. 
I must tell you about two brave little 
birds who were with us all winter at 
school. They were two Chickadees. 
They have a black spot on their heads, 
and around the spot it is white and they 
have a white breast. It is a little smaller 
than a Sparrow. As soon as school closes 
these two little birds cbme and eat up the 
crumbs which I throw out when I have 
some dinner left. 
We had a meeting of our Audubon 
Society last Friday. One of the most 
interesting numbers on the program was 
a debate, Resolved, that the Robin is 
more useful than the Bluejay. The de¬ 
bate was won by the negative, but I like 
the Robin better anyway. We can learn 
a good lesson from his ‘‘Cheer Up.” 
Our teachers are Miss Diehl and Miss 
Luthterhand. They interested us in 
birds, and I never took such an interest 
in birds. Yours truly, 
Aged 12. Hattie Rothe. 
,, Tlr Angelica, Wis., April 3, 1909. 
Dear Wayside: 
The Meadowlark lives in the meadow 
but is not really a lark. It is really a 
ground bird and makes its nest in a 
bunch of high grass. The Meadowlark 
is a very pretty bird. It is black, brown 
and bud on its back, and its breast is 
yellow. They are sweet singers and when 
singing generally seek some high perch. 
I hey feed on worms, beetles and grass 
S66Q. 
Aged 13. Ruth Ainsworth. 
Leeman, Wis., March 2, 1909. 
Dear Wayside: 
In the winter we see the Chickadees. 
Lven in the most stormv days we see the 
brave, cheery Chickadees. They sit on 
the ground near our house in the lilacs, 
and the cherry tree. One day they were 
out there looking for something to eat. 
Ihev could not find much for the snow 
was so deep. I had watched them a long 
time So I went and got some crumbs” 
and little pieces of meat for them and 
laid out on the ground. Then I went in 
the house, and a big flock of Chickadees 
came. 
I love little birds. I like to study 
about them. Yours trulv, 
Aged 13. Nora Nelson. 
Gladstone, Ill., March 26, 1909. 
Dear Wayside: 
The Robins have been here since Feb¬ 
ruary 22nd. One big fellow sings in the 
maple tree every morning about six 
o clock. He sings as if he liked to sing. 
We can hear him away down the road. 
1 his moining I saw two in our yard. 
One was on a post, another was on the 
ground. He watched the grass,and then 
pulled out a long worm and ate it. I 
like to see them around our yard. Mon¬ 
day evening I saw fortv,big plump Rob- 
ins on the ground. I never saw so many 
Robins together before. 
Yours trulv, 
Chester Mason. 
