The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-05

IA III bODlC VI lHCS6 HUUuB AIEEJIY nR9r the
zfihss globe. Upon this as many barrows az can
n veniently crowd together rost throughout the
I'D weather nights. A club rap biz experiment
@h an electric light pole at d Child 10 avenue cor
*1sr near the North Side water V ks lot during
IL bowling blizzard one winter nfeht resulted In
nc dislodgment Of twelve frightened sparrows.
s3hey futtered about In the storm ind hung like
I'M many fascinated moths. Whentthe pounding
8fased they made their way back to their resting
nee ana duuDr1ess renamed nndisturbed until
X4prning. Their fiat was certainly modern In its
bpointments, for 1T was heated ana lighted by
s$Take a trip through a thistle field In July and
Mere will be seen scores OF goldinches feeding
I'm the seeds of the prickly plants These little
&reatures have the appearance of the birds Of the
tropics. 1t would seem that barely a breath Of
fhe north wind would send them ~scugrying south
M lard. In truth, however, these birds. 3frail though
hey appear, stay with us all winter, yet not one
36erson in fifty outside OF the ranks Of the bird
3&tudents knows the fact.
III In late August the ~goldfnch drops hts gold and
VI lack livery and puts on a sober sparrowlike
arb. This is the reason why people think that
he little thistle seed lover has left them and
pat another bird has taken its place. III the
s6hicago Academy Of Sciences there is pathetic
evidence Of how the goldfinch keeps warm during
DC winter nights. The curator has there an
s%fiole's nest from the outside Of which hangs the
&ody OF a goldhnch caught by the neck and liter
S4lly hanged by one Of the cords with which the
Hriole has fashioned Its home. The ~goldfnch
las sought refuge in the nest from the weather
&nd on leaving it in the morning has thrust his
@Aead through the fatal moose. These birds utilize
the deserted homes Of all their hhethren who
deep nests. The goldflnches return night
After night to a nest which an oTiole. had swung
from the tips of an elm in Western SPRINGS, Ill.
X The chickadee Of which something has been
1aid, builds Its nest somewhat after the manner
PA 1he woodpecker, but IL observation goes for
puch. the bird does not use this absolutely safe
md warm retreat for its winter might lodging.
they have been startled time after time just after
unset on cold nights from the vacated nests OF
many species of birds. the chickadee simply bury
Ing itself in the warm Innings In which the SUM
Rner before the young Of its friends had been
BY mid-September the swallows one and all
|had disappeared. 1t may be that II the appear
lance Of one swallow does not make a summer,
|the absence of the entire tribe may not make an
autumn, but 1t is certain that the birds must feel
|something that bids them begone. for they so in
n body and they 70 In the twinkling Of an eve.
PThe swallows live upon insects, and thsre Is no
freason as far as food Is concerned, why they
Should not stay at least two weeks longer, for
ztheir homes ae In sheltered hooks. The hlns-
kming birds, DESPITE its d~elicacy. stays longer than
Rthe swallow and complains not
u one can cath sight of a saucy little wood
}pecker going into,a hole in a tree on his lawn at
THIS season OF theyyear he may hope to pave an
interesting neighb6 during the entire winter. All
the downy woodpec,ers remain In the north the
years through SOM Of the red heads stay too,
but most cf them gos few score Of miles to the
south All Of these bids that remain pass their
nights n hoes In tree, and at the time or the
nrst fall month they %e busy locating proper
cold weather AabitationA II enough interest In