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Chester a. Reed, B. S
Author of "Land Birds," "Water Birds," "Flower Guide," "Nature Studies," North American Birds' Eggs," etc.
Chas. K. Reed
Copyrighted 1911 Chas. K. Reed, Worcester, Mass.
Air Scouts
2 pages
Blue Skies and Blue Birds
Bluebird (10 illustrations) Blue Jay (7 illustrations) Hummingbird (4 illustrations) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (1 illustration) 65 69 75 75 82…
Favorite Songsters
3 pages
Only Sparrows
"Oh, I only saw a Robin, a Bluebird and a lot of sparrows!" I have heard similar expressions many a time. It is amazing to find what a very…
The Gleaners
2 pages
Feathered Tyrants
2 pages
How Bird Photographs Are Made
Very few persons as they look at pictures in magazines or in books ever give an instant's thought as to the time, the patience or perhaps…
The Chickadee
2 pages
White-Breasted Nuthatch
Here is an acrobat worthy of notice. Apparently in defiance of all laws of gravity, he nimbly runs down tree trunks head-foremost, with…
Chimney Swift
One of the most useful of these scouts is a "city dweller." Chimney Swifts at one time nested only in hollow trees and in caves or crevices…
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Highlights
The Ovenbird
In early morning, during spring and summer, the woodland resounds with the loud, vibrant songs of Ovenbirds…
The Bluebird
A sweet melodious warble, a flash of the brightest of blue and there upon the decayed end of an apple bough, sits one of our very…
Red-Headed Woodpecker
This species is one of the most beautiful of woodpeckers. The black, the white, and the red are distributed in such large…
Black and White Warbler
Woodpeckers are very expert at climbing up trees; Nuthatches are equally expert at clambering down. Black and White Warblers or…
Red-Eyed Vireo
Bringing with them the good cheer of the south, Redeyed Vireos return to northern United States about the middle of May. They are…
California Bush-Tit
These little birds rank next to the hummingbirds as being the smallest birds found in our country. Diminutive as they are, being…