Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-25
BIRDING
By SAMUEL sCov1LLE, Jr.

Walking through grove Just beyond. !
heard vireos song, which seemed slower ana ana
a minute with my field glass l saw the bright
| yeliow throat and breast Of the yellow-throated
Later on in the day down in the swamp i
heard the explosive chip whee-woo, OF the
moeker and Initiates other birds. In the same
swamp through which Darby Creek runs
too" Then followed a whistle and a number
81 81 cluGkins, mewing sounds and ] recognized
yellow throat and breast Just as was coming
9h ths 5 M on an asRy Ry hsad Sgsh yo@
throat throat and yellow breast and sides streaked
Of the most spectacular OF that family and my
IiIff9sit one ns., this year As 1 passed through
heard monotonous little song and saw against
tne hskg dark blue bird about the size OF an
bunting, as rich blue as the tanager is red.
On the edge Of the woods a bird commenced iced
,,STDtaAmcHPR!," 1T m right under my feet il was
ther on ! heard a lazy drawing note which
saw a little yellow. breasted bird with black
the winged warbler. over an old quarry
rough winged swallow It' With WITH a wfhtlsh un-
RSrSsd Rsy6Sd breast which was nesting In The gnaTy
heed e ann b with Ted
sparrow SPAR "I not Very Common brd "e swamp
In a field coming home I heard the field
marked breast % and and song song ike S Wi little ~ silver y
n9te. t,. one one OF the sweetest OF the singers The
E hgss snd wssSs5 s Rsi 6asGs GGr
0S wers sbs stilI 9bg1dsnt and heard number
grosbeak. Passing an apple tree / heard the
per. .ohickeree," and recognized the up-and-
body and black wings. Every wet meadow
was filled filled with red wing blaekblrd. with Grim
I heard the harsh cries and the strange creak-
ing notes Of the bluejays., Three of the hy;
that, day. There was the phoebe, which was
nesting ne h under a bridge. and which 1 told by
into the air from low tree and | reeognlssd
bear the harsh shrek R's Of the the great crested
Yellow breast, and always builds a i' nest With
an old old snakesen TIHs in it for m, mascot - .,.
r9ttllng call of the kingnsher, and got q
s%PsS Of & great S gray blue and s whis AZ bird
, It's III just after that / heard rapping and
as Sagt @ sght 6t GG%my Th s
Towards the end OF the day had two ad-
ssgualins, call from, a dead tree. something
saw the bright red head and black and white
body OF the red-headed woodpecker one Of
meadow when a flock of blackbirds, with
snowy shoulders, heads and lower backs, flew
UP. They sounded musical tinkling note as
they flew, and I recognized a flock of bobo-
links on their way North. on the crest OF
Radnor Hill heard squeaking note, some
thing like a cowblrd, and saw the first startling
which have ever found In Rosemont, al
though there are hocks in nearby towns.
l forgot to say that on Darby Creek scared
up no less than hve of the green heron, usually
a rare bird with me. Late In the day, too,
saw Il warbler with yellow breast and a
perfect little necklace Of black stripes around
Its throat. 1t the Canada warbler and tho
first one that have seen this year Tho last
bird on my list l got Just at dusk. All day
had looked for 1t without success. but as |
was crossing hill pasture a gray sparrow
hoped up on bar post and as 1t flew saw
the two white tail feathers which is the field |
mark Of tho vesper sparrow. This completed
my list of 60 and broke my record by 4. If
only had found the bu2zard, which is usually
common: the sparrow hawk, which nests In tho
field near mel the warbling ,vireo, which
breasted, grosbeak which haunts Roberts road,
and the corn bird, which sinks around my
yard in little groups, l would have had the
30. which marks an expert birdist.
The late cOmers OF the migrants are stlll |
passing through and the residents are all here,
start out tomorrow with your book and field |
glass and begin to be birdist.
(This Is the second and concluding instalment |
of an article by Mr. Scoville, the first install |
ment Of which appeared In last Fridays iSsue.) |