New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-26
BIRDS ~ CENTRAL PARK.

Birds appear and disappear periodically Every ono
knows that robins and Lluebirds arrive from the
spring and autumn. whereas klnglcts
AMI brown cr"eperS come from the north at the approach
OF cold weather and remain oil winter Some Of the
GncLcs and warlcrs can be seen only for few DAYS at
a time rlc year. AMI only few birds remain
| IN one locality the whole year
These complex app simple enough. vixen
their ind rs,ood Bind nlcratons all nortn
and south. which Tetn- tina, they ut" determined by
tempcratr, ana food supplies with uniform climate and
bird, would Doubtless remain In their
several oalitcs tho whole year. The real home Of
bird may BE- regarded the place where IT nests and
sings When considers what strong local attachments
they hlyr causing them not ony 10 return 10 the same
| place but often In the tree after
may well suppose that only strong necessity
can drive them 50 far away summer birds south
ward the fall not only for warmth. but because the
fruit Grain insects. etc. On which they feed are not
obtanaDlc IN this atitufr in winter whereas those that
moth. coming southwark at u" approach OF
cold weather lind thl, latitude both Olcra lie climate
and adequate subsistence the eggs and larvae Of In.
concealed in the bark Of tres ana mcagc supply
seeds SIN clinclng the dead stalks Of last years
Thus chlckadces and suth1tches are usually
found exploring IN. trunk, and branches Of trees. and
rcacIins inc,talle service IN the destruction OF
noNious gems 30 much for the Two classes Of birds
| which may Le called summer and wint'r residents.
There another large class. to be called transcnts"
sumncfing in northern New.England and Canada, they
spend the winter OF this community 50 that people
them only in their passage TO ana fro.
Strictly speaking all birds permanent In one plac"
the whole wear are migrants but the term Is commonly
applied only neither winter here
| about aud only In transit The approach OF
warm weather perhaps properly called the spring
Impulse stirs nCrihward. and moving with
easy stages they stop few days here and there and
perhaps before they reach their destna
lion The fail micrations much the same. but Tor
several reasons April aud May the best months Tor
| studying migrants
The foregoing will explain how species may be per
mancnt without the individuals being In fall those
that 70 south replaced harder from the north
These are main facts OF the The whole mater
OF bird migration be summed up BY saying that IL
an annual cbb AMI fow, subject the fluctuations In
| cident thereto.
| January 10 perhaps the most unfruidul month FOL
the bird student vet the list for that month the
Park contain. thirteen species. VIZ downy woodpeckcr
codenwinged woodpecker chcksdce whitc.throaed
| row cardinal bird brown creeper nuthatch. kinget
| hawk Gull snowbitd song.spariow and catbird. q!
course English Iaows and pigeons can be seen there at
any time but no sclfrespectng ornioioRst would condo
scend 10 enlarge his by counting in those species
Thu swans md ducks wintrfing In the little basin
scventy.sevcnth.s arc already becoming more animated
and voerous II not mclodous. IL is amusing wind,
day 70 see swan floating with Its head laid back unde
It's wing apparently asleep ofiuhg ABOUT WIN mo VIM
| like a dismastci yacht
One can see In Park Gock OF beautiful European
podnrches (carduelis caIdues) one OF the Few species
| introduced from Europe that ore breeding Wild In INT
country but 50 rarely that they not yet
knowecged among North American birds In books Of
ornithology. They have the same ~ tone voice Ina