. Birds of New York . clusively or principallyupon them we can forgive him this slight offense. The Bluebirds warble is a mellow, cheery song, a low-pitched lay offour or five notes. It has been syllabled as tu-ree-a-lee, its syllableschattered and fluted in frequent repetition. When frightened or angry healso utters a rattling chatter; and while flying, a call note which in thefall is said to be far away, far away, in the spring Come with certainly means Come with me or Here I go, for as the littlescattered company or the pairs of birds take flight, each one in successioncalls the note
. Birds of New York . clusively or principallyupon them we can forgive him this slight offense. The Bluebirds warble is a mellow, cheery song, a low-pitched lay offour or five notes. It has been syllabled as tu-ree-a-lee, its syllableschattered and fluted in frequent repetition. When frightened or angry healso utters a rattling chatter; and while flying, a call note which in thefall is said to be far away, far away, in the spring Come with certainly means Come with me or Here I go, for as the littlescattered company or the pairs of birds take flight, each one in successioncalls the note at intervals, thus keeping the group together. After the nesting season is finished the bluebirds remain in littlefamily groups and will be found about the edges of the woods and in the 540 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM weedy pastures feeding largely at this season upon small grasshopperswhich are so abundant in the fall. They remain until the sharp frostsof November hurry them southward. In the fall they vary their diet con-. Bluebird at nest Photo by James H. Miller siderably on wild fruits of all kinds, but have never been noticed asdestructive to the gardeners crops. The nest of the Bluebird is composed of grass blades and weed stalks, BIRDS OF NEW YORK 541 lined with finer grasses, placed in a hollow limb, a woodpeckers holeor a Bluebird box. The eggs are usually 4 to 6 in number, sometimes7, the usual number in New York being 5. They are of a light blue colorand average .80 by .60 inches in size. Two and sometimes three broodsare reared in a season. As soon as the first brood is ready to leave thenest the old birds lure them gradually from tree to tree some distancefrom the nesting site, away to the fields and edges of the woods, the fatherBluebird usually taking charge of them while the female returns to incu-bating the second brood. Of all our native birds, the Bluebird by manyis regarded as the favorite. Its beautiful colors and lovable disposition,mellow voice and beneficial
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