The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-10

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sFhere he Birds Co. hen the Chilli
ssina safindsg Drive lem From the
Summer habitat.

Observation-Disclosures VS. = s1AI1j A14Sssk dlEs
eernfng folk OF the sunny lands. given
free$ entertainment. untrcubled with
sbaggage or time ab1es. They aren't
nil onaires disp orting themselves IL
s; Hi an: they are much more
u To the worlds enjoyment
E1veryb in Northern
hsbif tIe1es sees them gcsand sends a
fer h em,sbut few concern
sshenaselxes wi tn the destination to
their energetic way.
But oEers know all these thin gs
grnpathetic thought to
IS iEds to whom the
1e3coming. not the GO
iHsss neIo dious tribe, says the
Globe,D Democrat. :
ton III the autumn issim-
Of necessity; for food
and s much more soberly I'M
m the spring; migration.
tart joyouslys with their
an sp ie!z and span and
songs in their t1roats. Like.
fleneIl; the heads of families
lays IN advance of their
Iotected placas in the Eastern
middle States a few birds.ma
an winter, but they are rare
apt HE itlnico, cliclladee Or tit
az1d nuth CHI
the bird which summer in Can
nd he North woods start ortheir
outh America q great
transient birds may be
"a. r. 1,e,~,, n IN ', a.
few weeks.and it is then that
1ird N lover has an opportunity.
g trees are nearly bare, to
eli bird friends as those that
Ter in the deep woods and winter
opics Tie days are precious
indee ID, and with a pair of opera glass
ssgs Ian outfit suitable for trampins
s over fields and boys, many new ac-
tances are formed before one
hem good bye.
Beloved and brave robin, how
which from Manitoba to Mexico.
the bird Of the morning" and
sTesE from the aTduous toll Of tie
providing worms for the
three orfour broods OF hungry babies.
50 also the responsibility of
sounding the reYeille in the morning
and awakening all the other birds
Sto31heIr daily mathis The robins and
blue birds win ter in the middle States
tathe gulf States, and in New Mexico
robins have been seen covering
s1nd g. feet deep On this OCCASION
itswas Fate in the winter, when there
seemed 8to#be anunusual stir among
ssstheIn E1yi emily preparations were
gong on for the spring migration.
Where berries are plentiful in the
winter he robins are content to stay.
sbut the insect-lovine birds fly to the
IVES Indies and Central and South
America The orio1e loses his gay
EoIor. and ntsubdued shades of brown,
sf1essNEItgs his way#to Central America
sto ind winter home, and the say
hoholinl now in dull yellow brown,
AN streaked with black, flies to the
rec fields Of the South, if he is spared
sfthe sportsman's s. gun for it IS the bob
sSSi5Solin which are Killed h3 the thou
n sand and served as reedbirds in res
4 stallr-ants at 80 cents and 81 a plate
ID
Those who are familiar with the
roIfcking songster, in his stylish
sstlm1ner clothes, all black, and white,
and buff, would hardly recognize
him in the South, in his suit so like
his uuiet1ittle mate, as the bird that
!: sings over the meadows of buttercups
4 and daisies: ".Phew, shew, Wadolin-
e con listen to me. Bobolincon!"
FoI1owing the silence of the birds
which prevails in August and part OF
September, comes the call OF the
robin. coming back to the scene of
Its meeting place. Song sparrows
d and goIdfinches are also heard calling
&8S to their mates, and it seems like a
touch Of June, but. they are the
good by songs. which will live in re,
smembrance until the spring returns
The meadow larks remain late in
D the vicinity of their resting places and
4 harmonic well with the russell leaves
and golden stubble field.
1t is with some hesitation that one
admits a love of the catbird, fearing
that that lively member Of the mock
n .Ing. bird family might doubt if ones
soul were really attuned to nature
unfortunately. this dapper fellow has
"a a &discordant call note which sounds
XII liEeeG the 7twang of a, loose banjo Strin e