. The sport of bird-study; a book for young or active people . to know the birds wonderfully well, and he seldommeets one he cannot recognize, if only he has a goodglance at it. There is keen rivalry among these boysas to who can see and identify the largest number ofkinds of birds each year. This sends them activelyscouring around outdoors in all sorts of places, and atall times, too, winter as well as summer. It is splendidexercise, especially the climbing of the steep woodedhills, up over the rocks, scrambling through thickets ofmountain laurel. There is genuine sport in this initself, yet
. The sport of bird-study; a book for young or active people . to know the birds wonderfully well, and he seldommeets one he cannot recognize, if only he has a goodglance at it. There is keen rivalry among these boysas to who can see and identify the largest number ofkinds of birds each year. This sends them activelyscouring around outdoors in all sorts of places, and atall times, too, winter as well as summer. It is splendidexercise, especially the climbing of the steep woodedhills, up over the rocks, scrambling through thickets ofmountain laurel. There is genuine sport in this initself, yet an incentive, such as an old Hoot Owl some-where in those wild, secluded woods up near the sum-mit, makes it doubly exciting. There are plenty ofRuffed Grouse in these fastnesses which can be pur-sued, either with the gun in the fall, or without the gunat any time—to find their nests, to watch the motherlead her brood, to learn where they stay at differenthours of the day, where they go when flushed, howmany times one can put up the same bird, and so on. 4. Great Horned Owl incubating. An incentive such as an old Hoot Owl (p. 4). THE APPEAL OF THE SPORT The wild places also contain birds which are rare, ornot so well known, and there is always a feeling ofexpectancy and excitement, because at any momentsomething may turn up. This is particularly true ofthe seasons of migration, in spring and fall. Spring isinspiring, with its soft breezes and opening flowers, thefragrant odors of earth and woods, the procession ofthe birds in their choicest plumages, full of song andjoy. Autumn is energizing with its snappy air, biddingone be active, the falling of the nuts, the whirring flightof game birds, the restless activity of passing migranthordes whose song is now dissolved into motion. Asthe leaves shower down, how fine it is to see throughthe woods again, and to get the grand views from thehillsides. Best of all, perhaps, is the nesting season. Ned doesnot collect eggs, because ther
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