. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). Rural School Leaflet 815 BIRD STUDY The Editor " A thousand voices whisper it is spring; Shy flowers start up to greet me on the way, And homing birds preen their swift wings and sing The praises of the friendly, lengthening day. "Let me rejoice, now skies are blue and bright, And the round world pays tribute to the spring; The birds and I
. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). Rural School Leaflet 815 BIRD STUDY The Editor " A thousand voices whisper it is spring; Shy flowers start up to greet me on the way, And homing birds preen their swift wings and sing The praises of the friendly, lengthening day. "Let me rejoice, now skies are blue and bright, And the round world pays tribute to the spring; The birds and I will carol our delight, And every breeze Love's messages shall ; LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON The most important factor in bird study is that the teacher should be interested. It then takes but Httle effort on his part to start the children on a quest for bird knowledge that will be full of joy and growth as long as they live. The subject is one well suited to real live study. The result of spirited work will mean compensation in many ways. It will not whether the quest is started in con- nection with regular school work or by means of a bird club. In many rural districts the children make their obser- vations of birds on the way to school and report on these observations as a part of the morning exercises. A good reference book is valuable for such an exercise. Chapman's "Bird Life" and Neltje Blanchan's " Bird Neighbors " are used a great deal by teachers in the State. Interest is increased by keeping a bird calendar; by watching the spring migration and reporting on it; by learning pieces of literature relating to birds; by feeding the birds in winter; by building bird houses. It will be well for teachers to notice the illustrations on pages 22-25. Spirit is manifested in each one and each tells the story of wise instruction. The children are. Jim Crow. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been
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