Bird lore - Project Puffin

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200 Bird - Lore
TWO MEMBERS OF THE 'WAKE ROBIN' CLUB
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we begged some wrapping
paper at a way station and
the girls in the picture explain
the rest." Clara J.
Clair, Philadelphia.
[Only those observers who
go afield rain or shine, know
the real joys of bird-study
There comes to mind a sudden
wild, blustering squall off Lake
Michigan, when Lincoln Park
in Chicago was thronged with
migrants. In a few moments, a
bright, spring morning became
overcast, and a strong wind
with rain literally dashed from
all quarters. A flock of Grackles
barely breasted the storm,
perched thickly in a half-leaved
tree. Robins rudely swept from
the turf, struggled to keep suf-
ficient balance to enable them to flutter into the nearest shelter, while small birds of
many species vanished almost as if by magic. The writer, huddled underneath an
insignificant tree near the entrance to a road-tunnel, and hanging desperately to a
wrenching umbrella, was amazed to find at close quarters, several birds, the rarest of
which was a Blue-headed Vireo. While the squall lasted, and escape was dangerous,
fear of their human companion seemed to be wanting, or, more probably, to be lost
in the suspense created by the havoc-making elements. As the wind subsided and
tossing branches ceased snapping, the birds quickly regained their normal attitudes
and betook themselves to more remote quarters. It is one thing to look at a bird
through field-glasses with the sun at one's back and quite another, to look it squarely
in the eye in the teeth of a gale.— A. H. W.]
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR HELPFUL EXCHANGE
CORRESPONDENCE
I am forwarding to you under separate cover three school papers, and the
supplement of the official organ of the Education Department of South Aus-
tralia. They may interest some of your members, in so far as they indicate the
steps we are taking in our schools to educate the 'young idea' up to bird pro-
tection.
What are our American cousins doing in this direction? Could any of them
send a written message of encouragement, to be printed in the Children's
Hour in this state? I'm sure our boys and girls would be most appreciative.
Yours sincerely. Alfred Geo. Edquist, Adelaide High School, Education
Department, Adelaide, South Australia.
[A request coming from so distant and so attractive a country as Australia ought to
find a ready response from the boys and girls of Bird-Lore's School Department.