Falmouth-by-the-sea : the Naples of America . Whites Landing at Waquoit. 13. Nobska Bluff and Lighthouse. Ornitholosical Falmouth- j^ CPRING is holding a reception, for, lo, the Winter is past. Our familiarfriends are arriving; from the South, following leisurely the long, undula-ting line and threnody of the Wild Geese that greet us and pass over. Butour beautiful-winged nomads come, tilling the woods with a tangle of sweet-ness, and bringing joy to its desolate heart. In the long, gray-green moss ofthe pines the Blue Yellow-backed Warbler has built his pocket-like nest. The Bluebird is the t
Falmouth-by-the-sea : the Naples of America . Whites Landing at Waquoit. 13. Nobska Bluff and Lighthouse. Ornitholosical Falmouth- j^ CPRING is holding a reception, for, lo, the Winter is past. Our familiarfriends are arriving; from the South, following leisurely the long, undula-ting line and threnody of the Wild Geese that greet us and pass over. Butour beautiful-winged nomads come, tilling the woods with a tangle of sweet-ness, and bringing joy to its desolate heart. In the long, gray-green moss ofthe pines the Blue Yellow-backed Warbler has built his pocket-like nest. The Bluebird is the tlrst to greet us, its liquid warble seeming to say,Follow, follow, follow! and enchanted with its rippling song we long to doso; but a flash of blue in the sunlight, and he is gone! Two years ago, even so early as February 5th, a Bluebird sang on theVillage Green. These lovely birds, once so common here, are unprecedented cold that overtook them in their flight to us a few years 14 ag:o was disastrous to them, and a great number died, with all their music i
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