The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1910-09-15
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English
Singing Birds

II was not loud song. but very nu-
steal and attractive, and the bird IL
said to sing practically all through the
year. The song Of the wren inter
ested me much. because It was not In
the least like that OF our house wrens.
but, on the contrary, like that OF our
winter wren. The theme IL the same
as the winter wren's. but the song did
not seem to me to be SO brilliantly mu-
steal as that Of tho tiny singer Of the
north woods. The sedge warbler sang
In the thick reeds q mocking ventrtlo
quial lay. which reminded me at times
OF the less pronounced parts OF our
yellow breasted chats song. The
GU ,koo's cry was singularly attractive
and musical. far more so than the
rolling. many times repeated, note OF
our rain-crow-
Ten days later. at Sycamore Hill.
was among my own birds, and was
much interested az listened to and
looked at them in remembering the
notes and actions Of the birds l had
seen in England. On the evening OF
the first day I sat in my rocking
chair on the broad verauda, looking
across the sound towards the glory OF
the sunset. The thickly grassed hill
eide sloped down in front Of me to q
belt Of forest from which rose the
golden. leisurely Ginning of the wood
thrushes, chanting their veapers;
through the still air came the warble
Of vtreo and tanaSer; and after night
fall we heard the fight song Of an
oven bird from the same belt Of tim
ber. Overhead an oriols sang in the
weeping elm. now and then breaking
his song to seold like an overgrown
wren. Song spesrows and cat birds
sang in the shrubbery; one robin had
built its nest over the front, and one
over the back door. and there was q
chippy's nest In the wisteria vine by
the porch. During the n0Et % hours.
saw and heard, either riGSt around the
house or while walking down to bathe
through the woods. the following ~
birds:
Little Green Heron. Quail, Red Tail.
Cd Hawk. Yellow Billed Cuckoo
Kingnsher. Flicker. Hummingbird.
Swift, Meadow Lark. Rad Winged
Blaokb,rd. sharp Tailed Finch. Song
Sparrow. Chipping Sparrow. Bush
Sparrow. Purple Finch. Baltimore
oraols. Cowbunting, Robin, Scarlet
Thrash. ThraeAee, Cat Bird, scAzie,
Tanagsr. RsAizysd virso. yellow War
bier. HlasalThroatsd 0resn' Wasblsr
KiA9 Bird. Wood Pewos. Grow. Blue
Jav. Cedar BIRD. Maryland Yellow
ThroaG, Chiekadee. Biaok and Whit
Creeper. Barn Swallow. White Breasted
Swallow. Oven Bird. Thistlennch. Yes
pernnch. Indigo Bunting, Tovhee
0rasshopper sparrow and sCrOeci
Owl
sent the companion Of my Englisl
walk John Burroughs Birds an,
Poets" John Burroughs lie work I
beginning to have its full effect Il
many different lines. When he frs
wrote there were few men Of letter
In our country who knsw nature 4
! first hand. Now thsre are many VIII
delight In our birds. who know thei
. songr. who keeuly love all that belong
: to out-of-doors life. For instance. Mac
ison Cawein and Ernest McGa6y hav
. for q number OF years written of ou
: woods and hslds, Of the birds and tn
J flowers. - only those can write VII
| toin to love of nature tbs gift of ol
| servation and the gift OF descriptiot
, Mr.. Cawein is q Kentuckian; and al
! other Kentuckian. Miss Julia Stockto
I Dinsmore, in the little volume {
( poems which she has just publishe,
, includes many which describe wit
\ beauty and charm the sights an
' sounds 30 dear to all Of NJ VII
( know American country life. Nil
t Dinsmone knows Kentucky. and Il
Q gulf coast Of Louisiana. and the gre,
J. plains Of North Dakota; and abe know
], also the regious that de Outside
J. what can bO seem with material viEao
I yor years In our family We have hl
d some Of her poems In the scrap box
p cut from newspapers when va kne
l. nothing about her excopt the initia
y aiGned in the versea. Only one wi
sees with the eyes Of the spirit as w
d a. the eyes Of the body could hH'
y written the '"Thrsnody.- curiously {
Il traotive In its simplicity and pathC
IS with which the little book opens.
q contains many poems that make q nj
10 liar appeal. The writer knows blu
10 bird and robin, redbird and field La
8. ana whippoorwiil. just AZ she kno'
of southern rivers and western plain
she Knows rushing winds and runnf
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