. The birds of California : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 580 species and subspecies of birds found in the state. Birds; Birds. The Red-winged Blackbirds. Taken in Inyo County Photo by the Author a treetop, we may be sure that they are mustering for the northern journey. What a world of jubilation there is in their voluble whistlings and chirpings and gurglings, a wild medley of con- quest which will strike terror to the faltering heart of that northern winter. A sudden hush falls upon the company as the birdman draws near the tree in which they are swarming; but a dusky ma
. The birds of California : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 580 species and subspecies of birds found in the state. Birds; Birds. The Red-winged Blackbirds. Taken in Inyo County Photo by the Author a treetop, we may be sure that they are mustering for the northern journey. What a world of jubilation there is in their voluble whistlings and chirpings and gurglings, a wild medley of con- quest which will strike terror to the faltering heart of that northern winter. A sudden hush falls upon the company as the birdman draws near the tree in which they are swarming; but a dusky maiden pouts, "Who cares?" and they all fall to again, hammer and tongs, timbrel, pipes, and hautboy. Brewer's Blackbirds and Cowbirds oc- casionally make common cause with the Redwings in the northern migrations, but it is always the last-named who preponderate, and it is they who are most vivacious, most resplendent, and most nearly musical. The Redwing's mellow kongqueree or occasional tipsy whoop-er-way-up is the life of the party. Our more prosaic resident birds will yield more gradually to the seductions of springtime. Native Sons require to be shown wherein one day is better than another for the undertaking of that most important business of life, nesting. As a consequence, southerly ranging Redwings take small advantage, if any, of their earlier chances. Once upon a time the bird-man was sitting, Turk-fashion, on a great mossy log which ran far out into the rustling depths of a northern swamp. The April sun flooded the scene with warm light, and made one blink like a blissful, drowsy frog, while the marsh sent up a grateful incense of curling vapor. A pocket lunch of bread and cheese was the ostensible occasion of this noontide bliss, but victuals had small charms beside those of the sputtering Tule Wrens, who played hide-and-seek among the stems, or the dun Coots, who sowed their pulque pulque pulque notes along the reedy depths. Upon this scene of marshy conte
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