. Outing. ey aremostly found fromsouthern Connecti-cut to New Jersey,but they are gradu-ally and surely ex-tending their ^ is characteristicto see a large bunchof them clustered inthe elms over astreet and to hear achorus of high-pitched, rather faintwhistles. They alsodescend to feed inthe streets and gar-dens, but are shyer than their importedpredecessors, the house or Englishsparrow. Those who meet a blackbirdwith a yellow bill have found thestarling. One boreal fellow who, though hedoes not flock, deserves more than baremention is the Northern shrike. If oneshould see a solitary g
. Outing. ey aremostly found fromsouthern Connecti-cut to New Jersey,but they are gradu-ally and surely ex-tending their ^ is characteristicto see a large bunchof them clustered inthe elms over astreet and to hear achorus of high-pitched, rather faintwhistles. They alsodescend to feed inthe streets and gar-dens, but are shyer than their importedpredecessors, the house or Englishsparrow. Those who meet a blackbirdwith a yellow bill have found thestarling. One boreal fellow who, though hedoes not flock, deserves more than baremention is the Northern shrike. If oneshould see a solitary gray bird withblackish wings and tail, nearly as largeas a robin, perching on the topmosttwig of some tree in open ground, thisis the shrike or butcher bird, waitingfor the chance to pounce upon somesparrow or He is useful whenhe thus thins out the mice and Englishsparrows, but unfortunately he is justas liable to attack our chickadees, treesparrows, and the rest. If we live on the latitude of Maine. WHEN THE NUTHATCH LEAVES THE DINNER TABLE, IT ISAS APT TO RUN HEADLONG DOWN A TREE AS UP IT. or northward we may add to our win-ter list the Canada jay, spruce partridge,and three woodpeckers—the arctic andthe American three-toed, and the pil-eated. The latter is a big black fellowwith a red-tipped crest, about the sizeof the crow and is not only a Northern-er, but may be seen in wild woodedregions as far down as Florida.* Occasional hawks and owls make aninteresting variation in the regular win-ter bill of fare. A few individuals ofvarious species stay in one place theyear round, but most species either mi-grate or wander to some extent. Al-most as steadfast as any are the greathorned owl and the red-tailed and then we see one of these bighawks perched on some conspicuoustree in a field or along a road. It may,
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