. Bird notes afield; a series of essays on the birds of California. Birds. BERKELEY IN MAY. OW happy are the birds in the glad month of May! EI ere in Berkeley on the slope of the hills the sun is warm and full of the cheer of sum- mer; and the birds are in the midst of their courtship and nesting. What a plastering of mud nests there is among the swallows! what a search for eligible sites for homes among the merry wrens and the blithesome linnets! what a fashioning of dainty little nests by the humming-birds! The bush-tit has swung her marvelous purse of lichens among the live-oaks, and the g
. Bird notes afield; a series of essays on the birds of California. Birds. BERKELEY IN MAY. OW happy are the birds in the glad month of May! EI ere in Berkeley on the slope of the hills the sun is warm and full of the cheer of sum- mer; and the birds are in the midst of their courtship and nesting. What a plastering of mud nests there is among the swallows! what a search for eligible sites for homes among the merry wrens and the blithesome linnets! what a fashioning of dainty little nests by the humming-birds! The bush-tit has swung her marvelous purse of lichens among the live-oaks, and the goldfinch has tucked her soft little basket in an apple bough. All are happy and busy with the promise of the spring. 165. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Keeler, Charles Augustus, 1871-1937. San Francisco, D. P. Elder & M. Shepard
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