Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-08-01
The Birds

formation concerning these little
friends of ours.
To start with. we will tell n little
about our little friends. the birds.
Tho bluebird is blue In color. When
this little bird comes from the South
and sings his beautiful songs it makes
US feel that spring is here. In the
spring and summer the bluebird Is
found around this part of the coun-
try. He Is noted singer.
The partridge is also found around
here, and Is mostly specified. Bob
White" Is kind OF Il nickname given
odd Bob White" The meat Is cs-
pecially good FOR sick persons.
The robin Is another ,iding OF
spring. AS you doubtless know. he
has very red breast. The origin
of his red breast. 1t Is said. Ia that
when Jesus was hanging on the cross
tcrent birds flew by and looked ut
him. Finally. the robin came Hitting
by and seeing the intense suffering
forehead. thinking that he might re-
licvc tho suffering II little. but as he
did some blood fell on his own breast.
So the robin bears the sign of Jesus
intense suffering. This dear little
bird is sweet songstcr. cheering US
| by his sweet music.
said. Is tho only bird that does any
real harm. The sparrow destroys
vegetables. such as fruits, strawber-
we XIII them. for, "A dreadful thing
Indeed. they are looked upon as q
nuisance
cold. snowy day. We can feed them
crumbs and other scraps that we
show their appreciation. they sing
US pretty. merry songs: thus making
cold. icy day cheerful.
tains Of South America. The condor
is not the largest bird that lives. but
the largest one that flies.
The ostrich is the largest bird in
This great bird is FOUND in the con.
The eagle is found in our own
souSntry; This bird is very mean
S"Sea The ea ns aes on S'f ,he mo te
sails highss. in The air:
the bird family is the mocking bird
This sweet, little songstcr can almost
initiate perfectly any bird in their
s son, vo, The h,n notes ring out SO eleaT
the music Is 30 enchanting that you
think you are listening TO fairy;s
10 reality again you see this swect.
niue songster singing his sweet.
merry song.
Tho little canary is another sweet
very bright yellow, and people buy
them for the sweet songs they sing
When they are In the cage CAS- people
thcTn). they can DE fed with the yoik
OK hard boiled eggs and pepper grass.
They are very graceful. and jump
around from swing to swing in their
cages. In various large stores, the
nrms has canary department. for
the little canaries. This shows how
highly people think OF this sweet,
little songstcr.
The parrot is another bird that the
people think highly of. They admire
ana various colorcd feathers; out
more because Of Its Intelligence. You
can teach parrot to ialk-such as
wonderful bird can say IL very plain
parrot can be taught almost any
thing reasonable TO teach a bird. and
chirp and sing. but parrot can talk.
Iher9 are two SINGERS that are
word lark" appl!es to al the mem
bers OF the lark family. from the sky
lar kto the meadow lark. The lark
and the wren give US some beautiful
cheerful like them
Among, the other birds are The
blackbird. the cathird. the oriole. the
goidhnch. the bobolink. the thrush.
the thrasher and. at last. the owl,
who does not sing the pretty tunes,
but takes his share BY hooting.
| 1t Is plain to see that great poets
and authors love the birds. and also
great artists, for they speak of them
very often in their great works. Bur
one. though-on a brown thrashey =
T nesl m II SrnEs lovely pic'anass il
Here is Something that all birds
VIII do: for they VIII care with the
are SO careful. lest something should
happen 10 their daFlings. They love
bnys scb S Snes' , and are proud 10
their children. The female stays with
the little birds while the male goes
TO get food for his treasures" lie
worms for the little ones and their
mother. He looks at the little ones
down the worms. and then. In an
instant goes away TO get more food
For several weeks before. wbon
the mother had laid the eggs. she
would sit on them almost ali OF the
Tune. unwilling for anyone else TO
take her place. except the male. who
would take her place when she went
away to get her food. And now. She
Is just as careful
III the little ones are big enough TO
20 out into the world and make their
| ilNlnB.
The birds have many enemies. The
cats spring at them and Kill them
sometimes for food and again for
pleasure. The dogs hunt the birds
and Kill them. AS ! have said before
the birds have many enemies. and 50
let US not be one Of them think
u any ono is very. very sick. and
II bird is suggested AS good FOR
Them. that it, lis all right TO Kill a
bird or two for him, but even then
let US pick out the birds that ar,
most unuseful. Yes, the birds have
many. many enemies so let us MOI
be one OF them. but instead, love
them.
: When the birds come back from
the South in the spring they are glad
to see us; They tell us SO by the
many bright and beautiful songs they
sing. They want to live near us,
and be our friends and they will
IL we will only let them. And WIN
should we want them to be our
friends? In the first place, they Kill
the worms and insects that eat up
our crops. Could anything mean
more to us? Another way Is that
they sing us such pretty songs. When
we hear their sweet music il softcns
our hearts, and make them light n
makes US feel happy when we once
were sad, and IL makes us cheerful
when at first, nothing would 20 10
suit US. And so for these reasons and
many more. we should bc proud OF
our little friends. and love them more
each day.