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BY TIIE WAYSIDE 
BY THE WAYSIDE 
Published on the tenth of each month except 
July and August. 
The official organ of the Wisconsin, Illinois and 
Michigan Audubon Societies. 
Twenty-five cents per year Single copies 5 cents 
All communications should be sent to Roland E. 
Kremers, 1720 Vilas St., Madison, Wis. 
The secretary has on hand about one 
lninderd copies of Bulletin No. 1, of 
the Wisconsin Audubon Society, entitled 
"Some Bird Problems for the Farmer;” 
It is fourteen pages long, in an attractive 
cover, and has ten illustrations. This 
bulletin will be sent to any address on 
receipt of five cents. Address your re¬ 
quest to Secretary Wisconsin Audubon 
Society, 1720 Vilas St., Madison Wis. 
Migration Dates 
Believing that it is of interest to 
know something about the migration 
of birds in other localities than our 
own, we ask our friends to send us 
the dates of the first arrival of the 
following birds at their own locality: 
Robin 
Bluebird 
Meadowlark 
Red winged 1 llackbi rd 
[unco 
Songsparrow 
Kill deer Plover 
Canada Goose 
Lesser Scaup Duck or “BluebillV 
The reports must give tlie exact day 
of the arrival, i. e., March 3, not 
about March 1” or “first week in 
March." Be sure that your identifi- 
catfons are correct. If possible, we 
will print the results in next month’s 
issue. Send all reports to Roland E. 
Kremers, 1720 Vilas St., Madison, 
Wis. 
To my Friends at Ma.zomanic, Urn's.: 
1 have read your letters with a 
great deal of interest. They show me 
that you have kept your eyes and ears 
open and that you have observed the 
wild Life about you with pleasure. 
I sincerely hope that you will continue 
to study your feathered friends and 1 
shall always be glad to hear from you, 
even if I may not print all of your let¬ 
ters. 
Your friend, 
Editor of Wayside. 
Wisconsin Prize Letter 
Mazomanie, Wis., March 31, 1911. 
Dear Wayside :—■ 
I have seen a good many robins. I 
only saw one flock and there was about 
fifty or sixty in that one. I have seen 
one blue bird, I saw that one on top 
of the barn. I have also seen a red¬ 
winged black bird. 
I noticed one robin which I felt 
sorry for. It was out in one of our 
trees. It was sitting by an old robin’s 
nest singing as though it felt lonely. 
I am going to keep watch because it 
might get a mate and build in the 
same tree. I saw him stay there a 
long while. I have seen the following 
birds this spring: 
Blackbird . ..March 1 
Robins .March 3 
Bluebird .March 4 
Song Sparrow.March 4 
Redwinged Blackbird.March 7 
Flicker .March 18 
Yours truly, 
Winfred Johnson. 
Age ten years. 
