. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Game Commision), no. 9. Game protection; Birds. Photograph by Frank Pagan, Wellsboro. Fig. 6. CEDAR WAXWINGS EATING APPLES This attractive type of food-counter may be used as a bird-bath during summer. %>««•-«• «r^ c^^ir*" V«i«4- i( nr^t't-tnet r«ti*»of«r»riif*nc lL/till«i Ct*liW^ i5»Jlit, l^rLik li tiii> *ji»C k-j ».*s,D tiVJliD vi>w t* i-/»• * v^ vJL Ovjij.*)^ uii-iw to produce music, we ask him to journey to the deep woods where Hermit Thrushes are chanting in that damp realm of ferns, mosses and old trunks, or to a wind-swept promontory where a
. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Game Commision), no. 9. Game protection; Birds. Photograph by Frank Pagan, Wellsboro. Fig. 6. CEDAR WAXWINGS EATING APPLES This attractive type of food-counter may be used as a bird-bath during summer. %>««•-«• «r^ c^^ir*" V«i«4- i( nr^t't-tnet r«ti*»of«r»riif*nc lL/till«i Ct*liW^ i5»Jlit, l^rLik li tiii> *ji»C k-j ».*s,D tiVJliD vi>w t* i-/»• * v^ vJL Ovjij.*)^ uii-iw to produce music, we ask him to journey to the deep woods where Hermit Thrushes are chanting in that damp realm of ferns, mosses and old trunks, or to a wind-swept promontory where a Horned Lark sings his shy hymn to the sun, or to a sunny slope where a ' I V 11 flock of Purple Finches, after a meal of weed-seeds, suddenly break forth into a rollocking dhorus—each singing his own version of the Song of Life, and making the very twig upon which he is sittmg beat a sprightly, irregular time to the music. And, to refer to more common bird-neighbors, is there a person in Pennsylvania who has not responded to the cheerful if modest medley of the Song Sparrow early in April, the hesitant warblings of a Robin at evening, or even the moonlit quavering of a Screech Owl? Famous composers of music the world over have acknowledged the charm of bird melody; and there is said to be a direct connection between certain well known strains of our best music and portions of wild bird-song. Color of bird plumage too has charmed us. The spirited flash of a male Cardinal always commands admiration; and we pause in wonder at the lazy flame of a Scarlet Tanager moving through the leaves. Red is always thrilling. And who has not sensed his in- ability to believe the subtle iridescence of an Indigo Bunting's blue-- or the vibrant turquoise on a common Blue Jay's wing? But birds mean much to us for their attractive ways alone, and for their confidence in us. Thus are House Wrens, Chipping Sparrows, Purple Martins, and other species almost members of our human
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