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Red-headed Woodpecker has fed every day at our foodsticks. 
A pair of Cardinals have lived in the south town, but neither 
they nor the Red-bellied Woodpecker, which visited us daily 
last year, has come this winter. A flock of twenty-five or thirty 
Bohemian Waxwings came March 3. These beautiful birds, 
singly or in flocks, visit us each year, I suppose because of the 
_ delectable berries hanging in the shrubbery of our neighbors. 
No Titmouse has been heard of this winter, though they were 
plentiful in 1921 and have been here for several seasons. March 
5 I saw again a little Pigeon Hawk which lived in the south end 
of Harlem Park last spring. 
February 22, which in this locality was a warm spring day, 
very wet and very soft underfoot, proved to three people, whom 
weather did not daunt, a most delightful occasion. We tramped 
many miles with the desire to see Horned Larks, and saw not only 
the Larks but huge migrating flocks of Bluebirds and Robins 
and some Grackles. A Killdeer flew over our heads and we 
watched a Red-tailed Hawk for some time. On _ returning to 
the woods late in the afternoon Bluebirds and Robins were all 
over the ground as we had never seen them before. A Broad- 
winged Hawk flew up before us as we went deep into the woods. 
These birds, together with Crows, Chickadees, Red-headed and 
Downy Woodpeckers, filled out our very successful winter walk. 
Of course after tramping those many miles and pulling up a 
smaller or larger portion of Mother Earth with each step we were 
weary when we reached home, but as the small boy says, ‘‘Gee! 
It was worth it.” 
Wate rloo 
H. T. Featherly tells an interesting tale of a Junco’s winter 
bath. 
On December twenty-seventh about four o’clock in the after- 
noon while on a field trip I was greatly surprised to come upon 
a Slate-colored Junco bathing in a small brook. Standing in 
water up to his black vest, feathers ruffled and tail spread out, 
he seemed very much at home as he splashed the water over his 
body with his wings. The fact that there was a considerable 
quantity of ice in the brook did not seem to make any difference 
in the amount of time consumed by his bath, which lasted at 
least two minutes after he was discovered. He neglected to 
bathe his head, but was very thorough with the rest of his body. 
When he had finished his bath he flew into the bushes out of 
sight. 
December 27 I saw three Killdeers, one male Purple Finch, 
and two Barred Owls. December 25 and 30 I saw House Wrens. 
December 28 I flushed a flock of Mallard Ducks. January 5 and 
6 I heard a House Wren singing. 
January 24 I organized a Junior Audubon Society with one 
hundred sixty-five members. 
