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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF I'HE WISCONSIN, ILLINOIS AND MICHIGAN AUDUBON SOCIETIES 
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Published by the Wisconsin Audubon Society at Madison, Wisconsin 
Entered as second class matter August 23, 1909, at Madison, Wis., under the act of Congress of March 3, 1879 
VOL. XII. 
APRIL, 1911 
NO. 10 
BIRDS SEEN FROM MY STUDY WINDOW 
I was awakened this morning, 
(March 9) by the loud calls of a robin 
in the elm trees, a block to the south 
of me on my street. Mingled with 
his vigorous protest, were the rapidly 
flowing “crisp call notes’' and “simple 
trills” of the juncos. 
There was no more sleep for me. 
I began at once to plan my “hikes” 
and drives to the haunts of the little 
creatures who furnish me with the 
only pasttime I seem to find time to 
take. Now that they have come, for 
this morning visit is sure to- be the 
announcement of the procession, I 
am ready with note-book and pencil 
to v e with my bird-loving neighbors, 
in the list of visitors during the spring 
migration. I am not a strong advo¬ 
cate of the book and pencil idea. I 
am willing to suggest it, lmwever, to 
get the beginner interested in the 
study. 
I live in a closely built portion of 
a Wisconsin city o-f 40,000 population. 
Fortunately, the streets are well-lined 
with trees. My home, however, is 
on a lot where there are no trees to 
speak of, with the exception of a, few 
applet trees on an adjoining lot. 
I wish to give the readers of By 
j the Wayside the benefit of the ex- 
j perience I had a year ago-, in the ob¬ 
servation o-f the birds during the 
spring migration. 
I notice that my first date is Dec. 
M, 09, when in a small treee in front 
of my door I saw a fine Bohemian 
\\ axwing. A nuthatch is recorded 
Jan. 10, a screech owl the evening of 
the 15th, a flock o gold-flinches in 
winter dress, the 18th, and then noth¬ 
ing follows until on the 15th of March, 
when I recorded a meadow-lark fol¬ 
lowed by a robin the 17th, a blue¬ 
bird the 18th, a grackle and a junco 
the 19th. I remember the very beau¬ 
tiful weather of last March and the 
constant enjoyment of the very beauti¬ 
ful days of sunshine that succeeded 
each other, but I find no further rec¬ 
ord until on the 1st of April, when, 
as I now recall, I walked into the 
country upon a pastoral visit and took 
with me my glass, a constant com¬ 
panion. It is the surest shot of any 
aouble-barreled weapon I can use, se¬ 
curing for me that day, a pair of blue¬ 
birds, who seemed disposed to jump 
the claim of a downy in the dead 
branch of a cottonwood, a ruby and a 
go’den-crown kinglet, a yellow bellied 
sapsucker, a shrike, a killdeer, a tree- 
sparrow, a song-sparrow, a phoebe, 
many meadowlarks and grackles, yes, 
and robins. 
From the 9th of May to the 24th 
T find the little book is filled, on each 
page dated between those dates. At 
that time iai veritable stream of war- 
