The School methods book; methods, aids, devices, material for the help of teachers of elementary school classes . ciate inflocks, and live a happy, nomadic existence. Their un-dulating mode of flight seems to express joy and ex-altation, and when they add song, it is the very aban-don of happiness. Even in winter, when the fields arebrown and the trees are bare, a flock of Goldfinchesadds the charm of life to an otherwise dead Goldfinch migrates, but not to the extent thatthe truly migratory species do. The Warblers, for in-stance, desert their summer homes and, after makinglong jo
The School methods book; methods, aids, devices, material for the help of teachers of elementary school classes . ciate inflocks, and live a happy, nomadic existence. Their un-dulating mode of flight seems to express joy and ex-altation, and when they add song, it is the very aban-don of happiness. Even in winter, when the fields arebrown and the trees are bare, a flock of Goldfinchesadds the charm of life to an otherwise dead Goldfinch migrates, but not to the extent thatthe truly migratory species do. The Warblers, for in-stance, desert their summer homes and, after makinglong journeys southward, spend the winter beyond thelimits of the United States; the Goldfinches, on thecontrary, gradually move southward as far as the GulfStates and in winter are found from the Gulf coast as far north as the latitude of central New York. Theirbreeding range is from the Carolinas westward to theRocky Mountains and northward to the British Prov-inces and southern Labrador; consequently, they arepermanent residents in a large part of the UnitedStates, where their migratory and breeding ranges over-. American Goldfinch lap. There are several closely related forms of sub-species of the Goldfinch found in the West and on theMexican border, which are so much like the AmericanGoldfinch that it may be said Goldfinches are found ina large part of North America. 58 THE SCHOOL METHODS BOOK Goldfinches are very cleanly in their habits and in-dulge in frequent baths; indeed, the border of a shal-low pool is an excellent place to study this species, asit is not an uncommon sight to see a number of thebrightly colored males gathered there. During thebreeding season the parent birds seem to have a welldefined route from the nest to a common wateringplace. The nesting site may be in an evergreen or deciduousbush or tree, and the nest may be built only a fewfeet from the ground or at considerable height, whereit is saddled on or attached to a forked twig. The nestitself is an exquisi
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