The sun., 1905-11-12
DISAPPEARANCE OF THE BIRDS
FEW or THEM TO ne SEEN AT
THIS SEASON.
Some Have Migrated to the South. Others
Are In Winter Quarters, All Are Silent
Fall Bird Visitors TO the City-Ani.
mails Getting Ready for Cold weather.


Fall Bird Visitors TO the City-Ani
mails Getting Ready for Cold weather.
In Henry street, on Brooklyn Heights, O
few days ago small mob OF English spar
rows was seen chasing frightened bird
from one building to another. The fleeing
bird proved to be brown thrasher.
The poor thing while migrating at night
had probably become dazed by the city's
lights and had dropped down into the streets
to await daylight Then, chased by the
sparrows, it had become too frightened to
rise over the tops of the buildings and was
fiuttering against the sides Of the houses,
aighting on a bay window or catching on
an opened blind, where it would remain,
painting for breath, until its tormentors
compelled it to move on.
During the bird migrations it is not un
common to find shy and often rare deni-
zens Of the forests flying about the crowded
city streets or searching for food in the
treeless courts Of business districts.
Within the past two years a bird lover
who lives in Brooklyn within five minutes
walk Of Brooklyn Bridge has seen two
hermit thrushes, one olive backed thrush,
a junco, bluejay and chewink in the
yards upon which his window opens.
About week ago a brown ereeper flew
station in Long Island City. Finally it
fluttered up stairs and entered the Office
section Of the station. Fortuna tely it found
an open skylight, through which it dlsap-
peared before it could be caught.
These are examples Of how the feathered
wanderers lose their way while migrating
So if on your way to business you should
chance to see strange bird futtering
across the street you can account for its
presence in that way
With most birds and mammals fall is a
season OF preparation for the coming win
do not migrate to warmer climate where
food abounds must either hibernate or lay
in a stock of provisions.
Now they may be found building their
winter houses and carrying in stores. In
fact, every animal seems to be hurrying
and kill it with cold or starvation before
its work is done.
The robins have long since left the vii
lagos and taken to the fields, the brush
lots and the margins of the groves and
woods, All through the day fook after
punches flying high hurry TO their roosting
places in the groves and dense forests as
evening approaches.
The casual observer sees little bird life
just now, but II he knew where to look he
would find the woodlands and meadows
we'll populated with feathered people
The reason he is misled IL that, save for
the call notes and once in a while the soft
subdued song Of robin or a song sparrow
the birds are silent now.
1t is strange how birds of different species
seek one another's society at this season
Of the year. In the thick willows along the
streams and lakes purple graokles. red
wing blackbirds, rusty grackes and cow
birds silently feed together.
You would never suspect that there was
a bird near by until, as you round bend
your splashing oars disturb the flock, and
with r whirl OF wings as one bird they
rise in a cloud and swoop gracefully over
the treetops, keeping in a compact mass,
no matter how many turns they make.
Myrtle warblers, pine warblers, chipping