St. Nicholas/Volume 32/Number 4/Nature and Science/Birds

Spring Migration of Birds.

Cold as is February, it is the beginning of various life-interests of spring and summer. Among the birds to arrive, beginning at the middle of the month, are the woodcock, purple grackle, rusty blackbird, red-winged blackbird, phœbes, and several others. The list varies in different places. Many four-footed animals resume activity at this season, and even some reptiles crawl out on warmest days.