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BY THE WAYSIDE 
a bird’s nest on our porch. It is in some 
vines. I did not notice it at first but 
after I saw the nest. 1 looked in it 
and saw two little eggs. It is the nest 
of a Song Sparrow. I have seen very 
many birds this year, which I did not 
know, but now know most of them. I 
take again as much inttrest in birds 
this year, as I did other years. 
Yours truly, 
Aged 12. Albert Pfeiffer. 
Mauston, Wis., April BO, 1909. 
Dear Wavside: 
We had an awful storm yesterday 
and the poor birds could not find any¬ 
thing to eat so they had to come around 
the houses. On the school ground yes¬ 
terday there were about a hundred Rob¬ 
ins and Thrushes among them. The 
Thrushes were Hermit Thrushes. They 
had light brown backs, reddish-brown 
tails, light gray breasts and black spots 
on their throats. Two boys in the 
eighth grade got a loaf of bread and 
gave it to the birds. Robins, Thrushes, 
Bluebirds and Blackbirds came to eat 
there. 
Yours truly, 
Delsie Allen. 
Gladstone, Illinois. 
Dear Wayside: 
There have been five of six Bluebirds 
in our orchard. Their heads are blue, a 
verv pretty blue. Their backs are too. 
I saw two on the fence and two in an 
old apple tree in the school yard. 1 
believe it was looking for a hole for a 
nest. The Bluebird has a very pretty 
song. 
Yours truly, 
Bessie Weir. 
Cullom, Illinois. 
Dear Wayside: 
One day when I was going to school I 
had to stop in the store. 1 went in the 
back door and I saw some Bluejays. 
They were making a fierce noise. I 
picked one up and it flew out of my 
hands. It flew in a low tree where a 
Robin’s nest was. The Robin had a 
few young ones and the Bluejay began 
to eat the little ones and sucked the 
eggs. I just got in time when the Blue- 
jay had one in its mouth and then I 
went on to school. 
Ethyl Cohn. 
Manitowoc, Wis., May 17th, 1909. 
Dear Wayside: 
Yesterday I saw a Baltimore Oriole. 
I saw him when I was going to school. 
I saw him in a poplar tree. I looked at 
him for a while. I saw he had an orange 
colored breast and body, and his head 
and throat were black, and his back 
was a kind of a bluish color. 
All the birds I have seen this spring 
are Robin, Song Sparrow, English Spar¬ 
row, Cedar-bird, Bobolink, Bluebird, 
Bluejay, Crow, Blackbird, Baltimore 
Oriole, Yellow Warbler. One morning 
when I got up I went outside. I saw a 
Robin; he was singing in a tree near 
the house. I went into the house, and 
got some crumbs and threw them below 
the tree. Then I went into the house, 
and watched through the window. The 
Robin flew down and ate some and 
some he took away. He came every 
morning and I threw some crumbs out. 
Sunday I saw a Bobolink, Goldfinch, 
Yellow Warbler, Redwing Blackbird, 
and Scarlet Tanager. 
Yours truly, 
A£ed 10. Henry Meissner. 
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Aged 9. 
