The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-26
Summer Time Natures Scliool.
Time Watching Development
Of Bird Families--I1ow to Go
II About Things to Observe.
85 Gaining Birds Confidence.
Audubon's Experiment With
a Phoebe.
BY Edward B. Clark.


BY Edward B. Clark.
S boy, who was asked BY n Ms $
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s=z'=a' s size ata 4 its &c coat IT,
II to say perhaI1s ! .haE m m
lii Ills pedagogic' way he thought. thu.
the mae e. fGo pl
answer which was based on the best
kind of knowledge that which springs
from observation. !, e. Ill,
tin b Msy md t girls about
fssaES b wf tSey aMS aSSxs
thhng h ara c spns
sih sine r. tia thanR1uness that most of the
teaehsrs have quit &c soarr i,i; until tho
Tho summer time Is natures sc hool
hours hours ong s daily ai,s'o bit Tire pupils may
fee aaa 81 81 are snsy
whether the class meets at monday or
time of the i sumner Ssjn eatl hg
means that are restflll and health-giving.
The, work \ 4 ma ture's schoolroom ~ re.
creation. The piazza lounger who COM
Straight course Tor the meadows and the
woods, and ii there with his eyes open
learn Of things pleasure BILE and profits
al BILE tlyhich were not dreamed Of IN MS
The spring was late this year, and q the els,
int in the l9Mlands heRt
homes until the flood hsd eii da rs
May ID in check the mig Z ~ ton: = ana n,
cred jo,lrneyers from the South , d ID not
reach their homeland until the time.
when, und erSS ordinary conditions their
summer llab citations should have IF been
we'll above their foundations.
f&& Many 81 our commoner birds nest twice
and even thrice IN a season ~ The posi-;
$bilities Of close acqua Z Nc
of their family cares are doubled y 8;
those who seek the countrywide during
July and Is Augu st.. It is not. necessary
the Birds that they should be sought
while housekeeping, but it is i q Il ia ct
nevertheless that they are more apss
visitor comes with proper cred ent ials he Is;
4 is likely to be welc omed at the ,thre n
holds. I'll g+s Ss38
What IS true OF the birds IS largely
getting acquainted. ! t is ha ckneyed. Of!
course, but! evertheless It is necessary
TO say that kindness and consider ton
Arrogance a #is ! given to calling the lower
animals as they go with man, himself.
There are persons who would shrink
from armng ahyth,ng w1ch w SSot
their; field Eobservat ions In the same way
illogical specimens. A rock will not de-
fsue PRdt IL Su expeetsd
strong ST 9uSh its pa Ge A}nstine
h2baseeapag tS9 rnaeiS
hollow tree = IL every squirrel student!
pounds al. the trunk ca oh time he passes
1 10 make the tree dweller5 show its fri ht-
-ened head at the entrance. i,l5s
dressed in coors INTENDED to enrage the
bull Many novtiat1ss I IN n, fl, the nature tar
8ments that would scare the wits out OF
every timld dweller Of the woodland
The ,woman who goes to seek the thrush
in it's haunts should leave her,,parass q
should be left hanging aon its closet4Deg:I
Quiet dress. quiet demeanor and quiet
tread Iare three necessities. Th icy act
subjects al i{3 81 ;;,4{ u: ~
It is d moot point with scientists
whether the fear. Of man4is inherent IN
oz BIRDS ab and a ths MeS HAS Sse nsE
ten on both sides ofisthe subject, and
5tle chances are that the question never
VIII be settled satisfacto riy, a man
and and the spruce partrldges dwelling there
IL regard gard him simply Is some aaeeF but
never before been their chance to meet !,
head and allow him to slip a horse hair
esds tsen9 he t tWo
legged stranger is on murder bent. e:
# On. the other hand some OF the spruce
srartridges' neghbors will take to their
glimpse OF human face Some nest
and and take their FOOD Readily from the
bo'om ohs iha t sGeush eGse
eroer 81 aRe eed the esa
loved dalnties will tempt them to open
their The bills for the feast !.
weeks outing in watching the develop =,
5nlent Of two or three families Of 6lr o.
nests B ssSr'k 4 Wosld for TIE BIRDS
perhaps in most cases II the search were re
longer and harder. II one wis hes e. MAKE *
himself a member Of the bird family ls
can enter the circle he viii but irt s
sduce himself to The heads y hereotS IN .ine
manner counted proper IN the best bird
society. s4sS8 NJ, +. n d * (, " !;
Let 1t be supposed that a nest has been
foundIin a bush. The changes are .t 9 !
atthethrst bending aside OF the twigs ,a afla
the mother bird will desert her charge SO
and fly Complementary to some nearby ,!
perch, where she VIII scQla q4esr
BIRD wll appear the nep male aeh
farther away than that held by his de.
voted spouse and there will attempt, ~, 70
make up in noise What he lac's in 3! GO Y
age. s V \, 80
day until the young appetr Then ~
truth an adopted N e,'s1er pf the family
When the young ere hatchsab y ne saes
SO that a clear view Of ne nest . maya ep
obtatned from a distance: ne, m ~ nIea
to her treasures from you r pre- yious VETS,
will have lost some OF her fea :, ,as.f !,
StatiDn a r. q disyfa 1lc6g1 OF about 8CWeUtyt