. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Game Commision), no. 9. Game protection; Birds. Photograph by Frank Pagan, WeIlsl)oro. Fig. 6. CEDAR WAXWINGS EATING APPLES This attractive type of food-counter may be used as a bird-bath during summer. being called song, but if anyone 'juestions the abilit}'^ of some birds 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 ])roraontory where a Horned Lark sings his shy hymn to the sun, or to a sunny slope where a ' i •r f ^ * \ .- I #- ' 11 flock of Purple
. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Game Commision), no. 9. Game protection; Birds. Photograph by Frank Pagan, WeIlsl)oro. Fig. 6. CEDAR WAXWINGS EATING APPLES This attractive type of food-counter may be used as a bird-bath during summer. being called song, but if anyone 'juestions the abilit}'^ of some birds 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 ])roraontory where a Horned Lark sings his shy hymn to the sun, or to a sunny slope where a ' i •r f ^ * \ .- I #- ' 11 flock of Purple Finches, after a meal of weed-scods, suddenly break forth into a rollocking t^horus—each singing his own version of the Song of Life, and making the very twig upon which he is sittuig 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 earlv in April, the hesitant warblings of a Robin at evening, or even the moonlit ('piavering of a Screech Owl? Famous composers ot 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 Hash of a male Cardinal ahvavs commands admiration; and we pause in wonder at the lazv llame of a Scarlet Tanager moving through tlie leaves. Red is always thrilling. And who has not sensed his in- ability to believe the subtle iridescence of an Indigo lUinting's blue— or the vibrant turcpioise on a common Jay's wmg? But bin's mean much to us for their attractive ways alone, and for their confidence in us. riuis are House Wrens. Chipping Sparrows, Purple Martins, and other species alnmst members of our human families; and it i> sur].rising to note how (»flen these birds actuallv seem to dei)en(l on us for neigh
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