. The story of the birds; . the sap oftrees and does not dig for grubs. (See plate facingpage 149.) For a long time I could not see this last bird,though it left its girdlings on the pines in the yard andevidently passed me every spring. Many birds stunthemselves against my window panes—as if they triedto fly through the half octagon ; or perhaps they seethe reflection of trees in the glass. The first time Iever saw this sapsucker was just after one had stunnedherself in this way. I picked her up, kept her allday, when she seemed to revive. I threw her uplate that afternoon and she alighted in
. The story of the birds; . the sap oftrees and does not dig for grubs. (See plate facingpage 149.) For a long time I could not see this last bird,though it left its girdlings on the pines in the yard andevidently passed me every spring. Many birds stunthemselves against my window panes—as if they triedto fly through the half octagon ; or perhaps they seethe reflection of trees in the glass. The first time Iever saw this sapsucker was just after one had stunnedherself in this way. I picked her up, kept her allday, when she seemed to revive. I threw her uplate that afternoon and she alighted in an elm, butnext morning she was dead, but still clinging uprightas if alive. 238 THE STORY OF THE BIRDS. Later I have noted manj other individuals in mjyard, and have learned to know their plumage mark-ings and their flight even. The window pane has shown me other birds thisway—a rare warbler now and then—and others stillthat my look outside would not detect. The onlymale humming bird I ever saw on my place was try-. Blaek-throated blue warbler. (Reduced.) ing to come in at my window pane, but when I aroseto let him in he left. I wish that I could take tomyself the compliment that he desired to visit me,but I fear he thought the reflection of his pretty selfwas a rival, and he wished to fight it. Female hum-mers come often, but males are strikingly absent.
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