. Bird notes afield; essays on the birds of the Pacific coast with a field check list . MARCH IN THE PINE WOODS T WAS my rare good fortune to spend an en-tire winter among the pines of the MendocinoCounty; to see the autumn with its glory ofgolden oaks impalpably subside into the pur-ple hues of winter, with blustering storms ofrain and snow, and to see the gradualemergence of spring—fresh, jubilant and inspiring as in theeastern states. February was an uncertain month, but Marchwas joyful with the glow of renewed life. The open gladeswere shimmering with the fresh, tender green of the new gra
. Bird notes afield; essays on the birds of the Pacific coast with a field check list . MARCH IN THE PINE WOODS T WAS my rare good fortune to spend an en-tire winter among the pines of the MendocinoCounty; to see the autumn with its glory ofgolden oaks impalpably subside into the pur-ple hues of winter, with blustering storms ofrain and snow, and to see the gradualemergence of spring—fresh, jubilant and inspiring as in theeastern states. February was an uncertain month, but Marchwas joyful with the glow of renewed life. The open gladeswere shimmering with the fresh, tender green of the new brooks, swollen with the winter rain and snow, were liftingtheir joyous voices to the mountain tops that watched overthem. The willows by the stream had put forth their downycatkins, and the hazel bushes were hanging their pendulousblooms beneath the pine trees. What days of joy are these, when the tree-squirrels arebarking and chuckling over their love-making, when thesalmon are spawning in the mountain brooks, and the birds arecrowding back to their old nesting-places! On
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