New Britain herald., 1917-11-01
BOY NATURALIST
OF new BRITAIN
John White Student Of Nature in
Field and Wood

Most every boy in the present day, |
times will indulge in some sport such
as football, baseball or the like, or HE
himself to the movies There are
some boys who delight, at this season
of the year, to go atield with rife
or shotgun for the purpose of killing
something In fact all wide-awake.
red-blooded young Americans take
keen pleasure in going into field and
wood, whether for the purpose of
hunting, or just to have a holiday
and general good time. But it is
rare to find boy who has a born
love for the great out-of-doors and
goes into the, wildwood for the sole
purpose of getting acquainted with
the life which abounds there
Z IhtNew Britain dWells such ia, young
man.. He ID 1John White. son OF
Marcus White. principal of the State
Normal school. Rightly maybe be
termed the hoy naturalist" When
ever the opportunity presents itself he
goes afield. and his power of observa-
ton is keen that he never returns
without q goodly store of information
regarding the objects discovered. 1t
matters not whether 1T be bird, animal
insect, plant or anything else which
nature has fashioned, it has charms
for this boy and it will receive due
consideration Young White is not
only keen observer of nature but he
is remarkably we'll .versed in natural
science. f& 1sf
BEGINNING the first OF January and
I'm to the early part Of June he made
a carefully prepared list Of birds
which he had seen and identified. The
list would do credit to much older
student Of ornithology and is we'll
worthy of publication. The birds were
observed on the Gates as follows:
January /, white breasted nuthatch.
downy woodpecker hairy woodpecker,
startling, crow; January 2, tree spar
row, goldfinch, b1ue-jay; January 4,
brown creeper: January T. chicadee:
January 16, song sparrow; January 20.
| junco; January FL, meadowlark;
| February 4, red-breasted nuthatch,
I red poll; February 18 ruffed grouse;
February 81, white-throated sparrow;
March 10, robin, cedar waxwing;
March 16, blue bird; March "a,
phoebe, red-wing blackbird, purple
martin: April /, bob-white, yellow
! palm warbler; April 8, fox sparrow,
black duck, belted kingfisher, golden
| crowned kinglet; April IA, hermit
thrush; April IS, screech owl; April
20, flicker, vesper sparrow, chipping
sparrow, wood thrush; April %,
myrtle warbler; April "a, cow-bird.
field sparrow, barn swallow; May 6.
/ black and white warbler, black
| throated green warbler red-tailed
\ hawk; May Z, cat bird; May 8, brown
thrasher tohee oven-bird, very; May
9, white-eyed vireo, ruby crowned
kinglet, broad-wing hawk, purple
finch; May ~, chimney swift. blouse
wren. magnolia warbler May Is,
redstart, black -throated blue warbler,
black-poll warbler, chestnut sided
warbler, rose breasted grosbeak; May
10, Baltimore oriole, yellow warbler.
water thrush, fumming bird; May 10,
| Maryland yellow throat, parula war
, bier, warbling viereo swamp sparrow.
, Wilson's warbler, blue-wing warbler;
, May 20, Canada warbler, kingbird, in
digo bunting; May %, scarlet tanager.
, orchard oriole; May rs black burnian
warbler, Tennessee warbler, bay
, breasted warbler, Nashville warbler
. Cape May warbler, mourning warbler
: golden-winged warbler; May 26, whip
: poor-will: June 2, least bittern, Ameri-
: can bittern, great blue heron. wood
t pewee; June 8, red-eyed vireo yellow
8 billed cuckoo.
: Besides preparing a list of the birds
4 as seen this young naturalist noted the
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