. Bird-land echoes; . t storm duringthe first week of May,—the Quakers ** Yearly Meet-ing storm, and the farmers blossom storm. Ihave known a rain of three days duration to seri-ously disable hundreds of birds : to chill them untilthey were unable to keep out of the cats clutchesand very nearly fell into mine. Every plan of thebirds is upset, apparently. Food and warmth atany price being their single aim in life, many come,at such a time, into our cities, while others stay closeabout the barns and stables of the farms. There issometimes considerable mortality resulting from suchdistressing con
. Bird-land echoes; . t storm duringthe first week of May,—the Quakers ** Yearly Meet-ing storm, and the farmers blossom storm. Ihave known a rain of three days duration to seri-ously disable hundreds of birds : to chill them untilthey were unable to keep out of the cats clutchesand very nearly fell into mine. Every plan of thebirds is upset, apparently. Food and warmth atany price being their single aim in life, many come,at such a time, into our cities, while others stay closeabout the barns and stables of the farms. There issometimes considerable mortality resulting from suchdistressing conditions, but the warm days sure tofollow smooth their way, and the delayed birds are Waiting for Warblers. 65 soon off to their more northern a storm or a series of them that delayedtheir progress for almost a month result in theirnestincr in more southern localities ? Has this ever o happened ? As regards many of the migrating warblers, it doesnot seem to matter a great deal whether you are up.
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