. Bird notes afield; a series of essays on the birds of California. Birds. APRIL IN BERKELEY. HERE is an indescribable gladness among the fields and over the hills as the birds come hurrying and crowding back from their winter sojourn in the south, at the genial invitation of spring. The warm promptings of their hearts urge them to love-making, and the sacred duties of the nest once more engross their devoted little minds. It is at such times as this that we are most closely drawn to our feathered friends by ties of sympathetic feeling; for are they not enacting the same life drama that we ena
. Bird notes afield; a series of essays on the birds of California. Birds. APRIL IN BERKELEY. HERE is an indescribable gladness among the fields and over the hills as the birds come hurrying and crowding back from their winter sojourn in the south, at the genial invitation of spring. The warm promptings of their hearts urge them to love-making, and the sacred duties of the nest once more engross their devoted little minds. It is at such times as this that we are most closely drawn to our feathered friends by ties of sympathetic feeling; for are they not enacting the same life drama that we enact, with their heart- burnings and jealousies, their unsatisfied longings and tender loves, their watch- fulness and care of the young? There. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Keeler, Charles Augustus, 1871-1937. San Francisco, D. P. Elder & M. Shepard
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