Pe ole NS Ooh Ss WASUI DAU BO LN’ SiO (Gb hal. Y 43 
Following is my list of birds “first seen” this fall: Night- 
hawk, August 22; Tennessee Warbler, September 3; Marsh, 
September 8; Red-tailed Hawk, September 9; Red-shouldered 
Hawk, September 16; White-throated Sparrow, September 17; 
Myrtle Warbler, September 18; Rusty Blackbird, September 18; 
Western Meadowlark, September 21; Winter Wren, September 
24; Ruby-crowned Kinglet, September 28; Fox Sparrow, Octo- 
ber 1; Rough-legged Hawk, October 3; Brown Creeper, October 
6; Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, October 7; Slate-colored Junco, 
October 10; Hermit Thrush, October 15. 
I never saw so many Bluebirds migrating, as there are this 
fall. Every day during September and the first part of October 
they could be heard calling as they flew over. The Red-headed 
Woodpeckers left early and were nearly all gone by the first 
of September. Teals were reported to be numerous on the Missi- 
ssippi River about the middle of September. One party said 
there were thousands. The coldest weather we had this fall was 
on the morning of October 12th, when the thermometer regis- 
tered 32 degrees, and at the time of writing this, the leaves on 
the trees in the woods are nearly all green yet. 
J. J. schafer 
River Forest 
A Tiny Patient 
September twenty-seventh a small lad rushed breathlessly 
into my room with a beating heart in a fluff of green feathers 
carefully treasured in his hand. 
“This humming bird flew against the electric wires in front 
of our house and hurt one of its wings! I was so glad he was 
not killed,” he exclaimed. 
I took the tiny bird in my hand and directed the lad to pur- 
chase some sugar from the nearest grocery. When he returned 
I had placed the patient in a fish bow! on a bed of cotton, with 
a twig, in case it should be able to perch. It was pitiful to see 
the fright of the little thing. I quickly made a solution of sugar 
and water in a dainty white shell and dipped the slender bill 
~ J into it. The delicate, needle-like 
tongue shot back and _ forth 
cleaning off the bill each time. 
I repeated the process several 
times during the morning but 
the creature was too frightened 
to feed naturally. By noon all 
fear had gone and when the bill 
touched the liquid, it voluntarily 
remained taking a _ generous 
portion. The tiny tongue dart- 
ed in and out and it swallowed 

:| 



Photo by Richard Churchill 
