The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-30
birds Ar THE BRooKsIDE.
Cries Full of Significance to he Heard,
Though the SONY limo Is Past.

Ifall the birds grew from infancy to mature
| bIrdhood between mil-April and tho first Of
| August, their conduct in spring and In mid
! summer could scarcely present more striking
! contrasts than II now does. 1t Is the dlfTor-
I pnce bet wccn the happy carelcssness OF child
hood and the busy preoccupatipn OF manhood.
All tho gay troubndours Of spring and early
.,,.,,,.. r,, ,r,,sfor,,,d into eohnr hirds ~
summer are trans'or,,p" ,,,,' lo,aa -,
business whose actINl'le9 eic u'Ier''" 'oHaEu
strictly utilltarian ends.
mar, ie NJ, Iett,r rIace to obserye tho birds
- ,' ',. - Nv , .IaLsIIo o,I,i,,, -
IN midsummer thhh "Fp"Asue c"El"S
woodland. Water seems almost as essential
TO the non .aluatic birds as to the web footed
"'ho ,oo,' dosnr,oI ~
kihuS' ana Wo'"''i' '','' o''',,' "-7e' ~" VI
birds in its higher parts, ~ tho woodlands
often seem in midaumm,-. will be found to
swarm with th"m aI"ng lhe WAREHOUSES;
Seated for an hour within clear sight Of the
hrnol thn nb.orycr NAV bo sure Of sealing
pt"oh' tho oo'eiNIl may 10 -. ,,, -,
many lpruS OF ulTu aetNiy' MS e'r wiz W.
glaldcned with little true bird music. The
wron may ,cca. iorslIy uipe IN for the wrrns
W." NV, 49, ,i', ,n,,,,, o., ,,r,I,,ati,,
driven away 10y tho spart0wS are srodualIy
returning to these parts. The observer may
f,rcv thnt ha h,,rs tho robin. Iut IL il mora
| '',t, i,, ia,., ho,,, ,,ni,, ,,,
,n"h ''Ney tnn' no WI, .,",e uven W
the counterfeit song oil that little gray warbler.
m,Io,e ns,S "ttp "e'"' ~
'hosP " tno ROM
Birds seem TO like for bathing sunny bit Of
running atr,,,n ehrnd with , Uttls bnocb of
-"''' 49," ~ -, -
snhd' some mercy touch 'ho water III pass
ing; others. as the sparrowS. gather on the
h,ach RIM into TN, water sh. w,r IL ovcr thcm.
=, -,
s"NeS anu come Ou1 10 pre"h tileir IcatheIs
The birds seem to know which streams are
ner.nnial and which bryur in drnupLts ut midi
', W. .
sulhiler' anu W chOo9ei he FORMER Us tlloiF eFe-
cIql htuulS. ,-.--,- ,,,,
, IL VIII something's happen TO the watcher mat
mo hulnnlhg birI' mat spitlt OF thn ar. VIII
come wilWlng on lhHlslbIs wings ahoNe ms
hcau - %hEh. on Dough ana SMOOTH ms
spohdld breast with n "enk .aWkWuldy long
Tor such service Perhaps. II the watcher mas
especially Keen eyes anu especially good luck.
blrd; IGukihE ikea lrhehed Knot on small
d"ad Ilnh. deep. hhr'ow cup. eNluislt"y
soft within, but small. ohG, must mink.
ior even us tlny tenant. Ihn humminS
plru, IL VIII 70 hplN', mas an oui way
ol approaching me bQusl II means TO IghL
urph. 40 II ready to thrust ITS ~ INTO, the
ntArt OF an imaginary, blp~SNm; In" S!Eht o!
the BIRD actually cNr,oiing large blossom.
may al me truinl"t Nlnr. iur 1X2mrI" Is one
q the fascinating incidents OF hird conduct.
VINE the swift wings make mis-; about the
blrd body. IN" TINY creature posses it-ct mo-
t"ness un'i tho head ia pointed fair Tor the
trumpet mouth; ana th"l thTuetS III hiII ana
head while the wings sti'i IAN the air.
Despite the mex ut song, thnLa Is much hird
conversation along tho hiopkeide. and some ut
~ by reason OF IS "Nrt"s-INeucss and