Putnam patriot., 1909-07-16
Birds of Connecticut.
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THE BOlOL.fNK

country roads. His continued, rapid lubilant song, which is uttered on th' wing, or from perch on spear q grass, the wall, or sometimes in 4 tree is suggestive of lbe ssift-flosing, bab- bling meadow brook which flows through his fagefite haunts The nesi is placed on the ground, in the l1ng grass, and 4s aim9st Impossible to fiad.
 The male bird is black niih nhile on ] lower back, on wings and tail The fe- male is geIloaisif brown above slieaked with yelloWish and black.
 The deHQhiful music of thiz ire. pfessible singer should he heatd from our meadows by tbe frat Of May
 THE HgD-WfSGED HEAcKBuD
 Here K another fFeguenfer q fields, meadows, roadsides, and open country i generally. He 1. also conmoB about ponds and rivers. ln the spring when travelling n fioeks chorus of liquid notes comes from the the tree top. :. 'fis spring yoa see, the last noies higher. they seem to sing. And the i first flock of Kedwings f2 a sure sign that spring k here.
 The achnte cali note Is similar 10 the Bobolink s He also has high, fine "peent and a :fapid, scolding success sion of notes. The nest may be foand on ihe ground. usually in meadows. ] Those that have seen were placed in i alders. willows, nr other bushes near water, three or four feet from the l ground. Il k bulky, made mostly of 1 grasses, and contains pale bluish eggs marked with black and lilae. 1 Length about nine inches. Male black with conspicuous red on wing and buff under the red. Female above blaekish with bud markings ~hiiish underneath sireakcd with black, faint yellow on thfaai and faint red on l wings
 l The Red-Ning is due hy March l2th lo 2oth-
 TIE PURPLE eRAeKLE
 fhc Purple Gfaekte of Crow Blaek. bifd may he seen fl gocks in the -pfing, when from the tree tops we my hear their diseofdnnt notes. They may often be seen too, Walhing about on the ground like the Red wing They are said to nest in colonies in pine trees.
 Length about twelve inches. Gene ral color black, but as the light strikes upon its plunage, flashes of purple blue and green, may be seen.
 THE coWnlHl
 Head and neck dark. rest 0 body black, female 9~fiam ray.
 Occasionally Coy AnNhn- be seer in the Winter, bu@ @t in wy they ar mol seen before thet one VI of March when his bubblinA hea1rgling note
 which suggests the it t made by VII ter yelling from The Nroand, k heard . He is often seen in focks, and is fairl
 common Tn generally open country. | flock may often be seen walking abou x in the pasture, keeping the COWS con pany, and feeding upon the insect
 which they disturb.
 The Gowbird builds no home, but d, pesits it's egg In the nest of some smal | CT bird, usually n Warbler.s or Nireo | | where 1t may be recognized hy it's la
 ger size and the evenly specked whi i, iSh shell. The birds to not seem to r, . | alike that they are imposed upon, bu s hatch the egg and feed the young Dir
 as If II were their own. The near pre- , ence of a Cow bird Is often denoted b
 a high, rather shrill ,'tee tee, the tifs , apparently inhaled, the second eS
 haled
 : TiE NEAnawIARk
 \ few MeadowlaIks usually winte
 here, but ny the end of March an
 through Aptil the loud sweet whistl "hou enn't see me comes from tn tree tops where the bird often sings, a though his taNotite locality k th
 meadow, and generally open country !. The call notes nfe nasal "pcent an ,. loud rolling tNittef, When hNin Il the bird aHetnates between moNtn
 hts Wings and satling with them ou k stretched, a distinguishing chataete Il islic The nest Is placed upon th n ground ia the tall grass and is ditiien n to ind.
 1 Length len or eleven inches. browr l. black and sellowlsh above, yellow RI :, deinealh with black crescent oa tl k breast, sides streaked with black. out, a tail feathers white.
 s- BALTIMORE oRiot.k
 The Baltimore oriole reaches this \
 eintty about the third of May. lie .. well known to all country people, Q
 account of his brilliant colors, lou
 whistled song, and his social habit
 nesting in our orchards and in the tre' V along our village street.
 s Ky the middle of July, after neslin d the oriale apparently takes his sun e mer vacation, for they seem to disa a- pear then and are not seen again uni
 the latter part of July or first of X K gust This, al least, has been my [ F. perienee. The nest is bag from si A to ten inches deep, hung from the his pf branches of tree, usually in elms an d fruit trees. Occasionally Il Is plac, F. within reaching distance. The alarl ,e note is similar 10 the Yellow rhroats