. Birds of New York . winter inthe southern portion, but the majority are migratory, making their appear-ance in the spring from the 15th of February to the loth of March in thesouthern portions and from March 5 to 25 in the northern counties. Inthe fall they disappear frorn the ist to the 20th of November, sometimesremaining in numbers till the ist of December. Haunts and habits. Everyone who has visited the marshes or river-side is familiar with the Red-winged blackbird and with his gorgeousepaulets and the spritely congaree which he continually utters whenperched on the top of the cat-tails
. Birds of New York . winter inthe southern portion, but the majority are migratory, making their appear-ance in the spring from the 15th of February to the loth of March in thesouthern portions and from March 5 to 25 in the northern counties. Inthe fall they disappear frorn the ist to the 20th of November, sometimesremaining in numbers till the ist of December. Haunts and habits. Everyone who has visited the marshes or river-side is familiar with the Red-winged blackbird and with his gorgeousepaulets and the spritely congaree which he continually utters whenperched on the top of the cat-tails or alders or on the neighboring telegraphwire or when flying along with outspread tail over the tops of the sedges. BIRDS OF NEW YORK 231 The female is a smaller, inconspicuous bird. As far as I have observed,she never utters the clear congaree call so characteristic of the male, butfrequently, as she flies up from the marsh and away over the field, shoutsout a confused rattling sound or a single clicking call Red-winged blackbirds nest and eggs Photo by Ralph S. Paddock These birds are gregarious both in the spring and fall, the first migrantsusually coming in flocks of from 30 to 300. Frequently I have been inthe marshes during the first warm spring days without seeing the expectedredwings, when all at once, late in the afternoon, from the southward, 232 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM with measured wing strokes, a scattered company would come over thehill at an elevation of from 50 to 100 feet and make directly for the marsh,alighting on the alders and sedges as if they were perfectly at these birds migrate by day, as^ I have seen them come into themarshes many times in this manner, making their first appearance late inthe afternoon. The habitat of the Redwing in nesting time is almost without exceptionin flooded land where sedges, cat-tails and bushes rise from very wet soil orfrom the water, preferably where the water is from i to 3 feet deep. Thenests are att
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