12 THE AUDUBON BULLER Tate 

Birds for the Little Folks 
Daisy HAUSER 
Teacher 1n the Milwaukee Public Schools 
The eagle is the king of all the birds and master of many. 
The owl is the policeman. 
The crow is the preacher. 
The dove is the love messenger. 
The chickadee is the chilly bird. He is the fluffy bird. He never 
freezes. He creeps into any little corner of the tree to keep himself warm. 
The robin is the harbinger of Spring. | 
He comes in March. 
He is the beautiful songster. 
He sings a glad song— 
‘““Cheer up”’ (three times), chee, chee, chee 
‘““Cheer up” (two times), chee, chee, chee 
‘““Cheer up” (two times), chee, chee, chee 
And listen to me for I sing a song that is full of glee. 
The flowers are fair in the garden 
Rose, lily, and all the rest but 
The fairest thing of all I think 
Is my own dear little nest— 
Cheer up (two times), chee, chee, chee 
repeated three times— 
The meadow lark is the whistler. 
He whistles and whistles and whistles. 
The bluebird is the pretty bird. 
He sings so sweetly. 
The junco is the strong bird. 
He is never cold and doesn’t fly alone. 
The red-headed woodpecker is the tree doctor. He pecks and pecks 
and pecks. He is the cousin of the downy, hairy, sap sucker, mother and 
father flicker. 
The father and mother flickers are the carpenters. 
They hammer and hammer and hammer with their bills. 
The father flicker has a moustache and 
The mother flicker has not. They are cousins of the red-headed 
woodpecker, downy, hairy, and sapsucker. 
