Bird lore - Project Puffin

84 Bird - Lore
lark, Chat, Maryland Yellowthroat, Field Sparrow, Cardinal, Red-eyed Vireo,
Ovenbird, Wood Thrush, Scarlet Tanager, Acadian Flycatcher, Great Crested
Flycatcher, Mourning Dove, Kingbird, Red-headed Woodpecker, Wood
Pewee, Bob-white, Chickadee, Titmouse, White-breasted Nuthatch, Carolina
Wren, Mockingbird, Goldfinch, Crow, Bluejay, Downy Woodpecker, Hairy
Woodpecker, Barred Owl, Screech Owl, Sparrow Hawk, Red-shouldered
Hawk, Redstart, Yellow-throated Vireo, Cedarbird, Vesper Sparrow, Louisi-
ana Water-thrush, and Ruby-throated Hummingbird.
We had, in 191 5, seventy-five pairs of Martins in an area of approximately
ten acres, and expect to have a great many more than this in 1916. We had
one pair of Red-shouldered Hawks nesting in our woods, and kept them for
two years; but they developed such fondness for poultry, being caught repeat-
edly thieving, that finally we had to shoot them.
We have in the woods a splendid pair of Barred Owls. They come around
the barns at night, and I suspect them also of attempts at chicken-thieving,
but they are too handsome and rare a bird in these parts to shoot. We have
nothing good to say of the Screech Owl, which we suspect of having been the
cause of the mysterious disappearance of many young birds from the nests.
If any one wants excitement, I suggest that he buy or borrow a stuffed
Owl, and put it out in the garden in the daytime during the nesting season.
All the birds in the neighborhood will soon congregate, and the children will
learn the birds quicker than in any other way.
The Robin in Yosemite
By GARRETT NEWKIRK
In this divine cathedral grand,
—
O'erborne by silent awe I stand,
When, friendly greets me, near at hand.
The Robin in Yosemite.
Beneath high wall and towering dome,
By roaring rapids dashed with foam,
I hear the old, sweet voice of home
The Robin in Yosemite.
I hear from every sculptured wall
The voices of the ages call.
And, cheering with their echoes all.
The Robin in Yosemite.