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VOL. XII,Noe 9 Hauri<:e G. Brooks" Editor

BROOKS BIRD CLUB ACTIVITIES by

�ax Conrad

June 1945

The activities undertnken and cnrried through by the Brooks Bird Club is proof tho.t it is doil� 0. good job of ke eping things going on the home front.

The Club held 0. 'oeoting the last lI'ridny of each :c:lon"th, tho program for uhich followed Q. rather definite pattcrno In addition to current business; � con­dcmsed ravie\"! of c orr0spondonce froo oenbors 'Jt'I.s rond, the Club dinry proSen ..

ted nlons \7i th 0. list of birds recorded for the specific oontho Tho fcnturo for onch n eati!1£::; vD.riede During the '\l:i.nt.er ond spring nonths, topics included tuo papers ... - one on nL�igrntionfl and another on H.Ho.uk 110 unto. in" ; kodochroIlo slides -- thos 0 fren the 1944 Foray, bird pictures froD tho Audubon Society and goner::"l nature slides sho\m by Hnrold Haverfield of Cadiz, Ohio; trro book r evie'\lS -". 088. Jc·hnson9s, "I Hnrried Adv enture" and Joseph J. Hickey·a, " .. � Guida to Birel Watching'lo At tho Jo.nw..ry !:loeting, !:lCIlbors of tho Jefferson Co" N�turo Group froD Steubenville, Ohio Vioro presont to cxch::mgo idcns on naturo or go.niiationo

Tho Club sponsoreel ono Sunday afternoon '\inlk Ctlch rJonth during tho uinter. Thoso \1OTO held in the vicinity of n noober's hODO am '\/01'"0 follo\1ed by an in­forml supper and s inc. Tho Ghristr..1O.s census \7:lS t8.k on Docenber 24 and tho rosults sent in to Audubon Hagu.zinoo During r.lieration, nn �.rly norning \7Q.lk \70..6 schedul ed fer oach Stmdc.y elu ril1f:; April and Hay. These \7ero hold nt var­ious points throughout the county; nnnely, Oglebuy Pnrk, Vfueeline Po..rk, v�r­nood Hill, Stratford Hill 0..111:1 Big VJheolinc Creek Arone Host of those onrly­!:lorning \7Q.lks uero concluded \T.ith bronkfast ccok�l over o.n o pon fire. Tho special event for f.lisration soc.son 'r/as Contury DnYlI liay 13, \'/hen Dcobers o..ttooptod to list one hundred species of birdse The total c ount taken uns 93,

Tuo Ilonthly publications nrc sponsored by the Brooks Bird Club-- THE REDSTART, an ornitholoCicc.l journc..l eelited by 11o..urice G. Brooks, and the B�BoCe 110..i1bo..g, 0.. news sheet of local o.ffo..irs of interest and excorpts fron letters received fron correspondine f..lenberso The lntter is edited by George Broidinc (uld Jco.n S. Biorer"

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As ro.s been the custon for tho pn.st ten yon.rs, n.n infornn.l ",fOrk sossion" is hold every Tuosdc.y nicht n.t the Club rOOf.1S. Local f.la:1bers cn.ther to rJerk on ninee­gro.ph:i.nc eu1d o.ssenblins the publico.tions, filinC rocords, ,\il"itinc lotters to those in the a.rr.led forces, one handline; the routino business of tho Club. At ChriStf.mS tino, boxos '\loro pn.cked and f.la.ilcd to oo.ch of tho 26 ner.lbors in tho services.

Ono of the lone-tine edns of tho Brooks Bird Club is to build up a. club libra.ry. E:.1.ch yoa.r a. fOi7 noro books a.re a.ddod to the collection. TOYJ::'.rd toot ond, tho Clut oither subscribes to, o r oxchancos, \7i th the lca.dinC ornitholoCica.l and no.ture journa.lSo ADone thoso a.re The C ond or , Audubon Ua.ca.zine, Wilson Bulletin, The Auk! The Ca.rdina.l, Bird Life, Nn.tur::tl History, Cnrnecio iJncnzine, tho Prothonotn.rl n.nd Wost Vircink. Consorvnticn.

On Nov crJbor 27, 1944, the Club's secrotnry \�s intorvieued by a nenber of the Vlheo1inc Ga.rden Center on tho "Alone the Houe Front" proCI'ctO over VJKVJK. This interviou cove rod inf oruntion a.bout tho Club a.nd a.lso points roca.rdinc the noro CODr.lon bird-lifo in tho ffuoelinc nroo..

The Club ms a chep ter in Chnrleston, li. Vn.., orc;cmizod in 1944 and knoim as tho Chn.rlesten Cmptor of the Broo ks Bird.Cl ub. This cho.pter elects its oym officors pla.ns its OYI11 r:rocr:::.n Lut cooper::tte5 fully ,r.l th tho lTheolinc cl ub.

Plrms for tho Su.:n:lOr D.ol1ths include en open neetirlG to uhich youth croups a.ro to be invited c.nLl c.t \"Ihich c� pro£.:rarJ of recordinGs of b:ird sones, togother 17ith kodochrone sli(:os, \"lill be used tc sti:1Ula.te their interest in b:ird study. The a.nnua.l Fcrc.y ylill be held in Juno ,lhich '.ull pro vide n i"look ' s outinc rlith a.ople opportunity to study n11 rho.sos cf nn.ture. The site for this yea.rs' Fcrn.y is tho Chent Club en SrlC',vor's Fork of Chont River, nbout on o nilo off U.S. 250 a.t Chent Brielce, \7hioh is c.prrox:ll:lC1.tely rJidvlO.Y beti7eon Huttonsvillo a.nd Durbin in the heart of tho Chent LlOuntr.ins, R:lndolph Co. Ca.npfiros a.nd outdoo r neetincs plus croup picnics \7i11 be fca.tured curine the reonininc s�"Jor nonths. Tho Club a.ctivitios f or the yoa.r \1i11 be conclueled in October i7ith tho annua.l noet­inc a.nd r ounion.

--1206 fla.rv;ood Avenue \7hoelinc, W. Va..

SOliE II.IPRESSIONS OF THE 1945 SPRING SEli.SON

Th o hst t'\!O nUl:1bors of THE REDSTART ha.ve conta.inod not es by Boces a.nd tho \7riter rola.tive to unusun.l fon.turos, bioloGica.lly sp co.kinc of the 1945 sprine sca.son. After nn unprecodontoc11y "(lD.rr..l I.1nrch Vl0 rove mel, in the tri-sta.to a rea nt lenst, a vory 0 old Al�ril a.ncl Ua.y, folloYlcd by 5evore freezes in oa.r1y June. All tho oxtra.crdil�.ry \"lanther foa.turo s hn.ve boen reflected in bird bohn.vior, a.nd in the veeeta.tive aspects (f our i"loods n.nd fields.

The freezo v/hi eh ca.no to our rJountc.in a.rea.s on the nicht of June � 't'I!lS unhcn.rd­of in its severity. At fmny pla.ees tho tenporn.tures roa.ehod the 10./ t\70ntios, uith 22 decrees F. boinC tho louest officia.l record. Thero \"lere unofficia.l rocords a.s lou ns 18 decrees F. The obsorver YlD.S able tc soo in a. rer..nrka.ble roy, durinc tho noxt ferl days, \-,hn.t nc.kes a northern forest "northern". Troes

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of mor e southern association; e.g., the oaks, hickories, tulip poplar, sassafras, black ualnut, Fraser's magnolia, etc., had th eir foliage completely cooked, uith not a trace of green to be seen even in the top branches. On the other hand, I did not seo a caple \1lich lad so much as a discolored lenf, and tho bla.ck cherry, yellou birch, a.nd boech Uere but littlo a.ffected,

T h e frooze co.ne 'when the red spruces uere in full blOOD, o.nd, so fnr 0.6 I could

toll, overy blosSOD tms d estroyod. This poriod of the spruc� bloom is g onero.lly tho nost fo.vornblo tine to soo erossbills o.nd s iskins, nono of uhich uoro fo und 0. fO\7 do.ys o.ftor tho freoze , 0.1 though thoy lnd been present oa.rlior in tho yoor. Also thoro is 0. vory light spruco cone crop, tho indico.tions being that tho yoo.r 't1ill be 0. poor ono fo r those tlO.ndoring finchos. Since thoro is nn exceptionally hoavy cono crop in tho nounta ins farther south (tho Groat Bnoki os being nota.blo) perhaps thoy tr.ill oa.ko thoir 'l;lO.y southrnrd.

Anothor certain result of tho froezo is that fruit n.nd nut crops, n lrcndy s orious­ly affected by oa.rlior frosts, uill bo, in nest cnses, conp1ete failu res, Co.tkins on tnlnut, beoch, hickory o.nd Llany of tho n.nnunl-fruiting oo.ks i70re killed; ser­vice b orries nnd ,rod-fruited older nrc tnnting, tho hollies o.re not bearing, and

in SOnO cases at lonst the Llountnin nsh �s frozen. Next \ilntor looks like 0. vary hard ono for song and gane birds, and such nn.oculs o.s o.re dependent on fruit nnd nut crops.

This SO�jS to be 0. BachrJan 's spnrrou yonr. In tho Enstern Pnnhnndlof uhore thoso birds uorc f or r.lOrly rnro or unknot!n. 11iss Sorena Do.ndridge, of Shephordstot,n, \�itos ne that thoy arc often tho OOnflOnest of 0.11 spnrrouB this Benson. Thoro hnvo beon sovornl st�to roports of d ickcissols, nl\�ys hl clover or a.lfo.lfn fiolds

Another tact ploosant to record is thut Bouick's '\Jrons urc tridoly distributed, o.nd genorally connon. In I:la.ny sections they !nve, tcnporn.rily at len.st, displacod th0 house tITons uhich throe-tonod, SJr.lo yoo.rs bo.ck, to drivo thor.l out. Nco.r oy Oml hono at i.!orgcmtovltl thero v/oro throe yoa.rs ngo good nunbers of houso urens. T his yoar thoro is ne t 0. resident po.ir non.rby, \7h ereo.s Bot.'ick's a.re cOtJr.lon. Cer­tainly thoro \illl have to be 0. thorough ro-study of the intcr-rcln.tions of thoso tuo birds.

-- Maurice Bt"coks MorgnntoVin, VI. Vn,

If A Chock-list of Wost Virginin Birds", Bulletin 316 of tho Wost Virginia. Agri­cultural Experioont Stntion, has now o.ppoo.rod and is a.vailable for free distri­bution. Although it is dnted "Dec eobor. 1944" for roasons of miling, it actu­ally n.pponrcd in June, 1945, this for tho sako of tho rocord. Tho paper uill bo revior/cd in n ferthconing nurlbor of THE REDSTART.

--B.G,B.

SHARP-TAILED GROUSE

Our party c cnsistod of Dr. Al fred Bn.ileYt director of tho Colorado Huscuo of Na.turul History; Mr. Joseph Stephens, taxidornist� and the aut hor. Wo l oft

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Denter about 4130 A.H, on the morning of April 22, 1945 and motor ed to the court­ing grounds of the sharp-tailed grouse, P·edioecetes phasinnellus whic h sits high in a pnsture three mUe west of Castle Rock, The courting grounds tnke only 0. smo.ll o.r eo. of 0. lo.rge gro.zing field,

Daylight ros just trying to penotro.tG the overca.st a.s \70 nco.red our dostina.tion but Dr. Ba.iloy still ha.d hopes tha.t ho might bo a.blo to ma.ke sane good pic tures despite tho clouds. Wo drovo into tho fiold a.nd o.pproa.chod tho blind which had boon croct ed tho morning boforo. In dOing so, tlO flushed ton or moro grouse but a.s tiC sa.t in tho car t"JUiting for the sunlight to br oo.k. tho birds roturned in scntt orcd pa.ire.

The courtship of those grouse pro ved to bo nos t intoresting n nd our presence did not seoo to dist�b tho procoedings. Tho mle gro uso t"lOuld hold his \"/ings out a.t a. rigid dot"�rd slopo o.nd \"dth his pointed tnil hold bigh in the a.ir nnd his hon d 10\1, ho 'would thuop tho grourrl ui th lightning ra.pidi ty. His foot tiovod very fo.at o.nd tho drunoinc ms c lO\lrly a.udiblo. Should sone other role try to enter tho inr.ledia.to nroa., he \'lOuld bo cm11onGod. Both bird s uould squnt 011 tho Ground of the bor der line ,-;hich \"IQ.S boing d efended cmd tho grouse \10uld feint po.sses at onch other until finolly the \'".ould-be intruder left,

When 0. hen Cru:lO on tho sc one, 0.11 the mles \70uld "froezo" in the drunoing posi­tion; that iSt honds low; t�ils high o.nd \lings outstretched. Thon a.s if roleasee by sono elec trical force, a.l1 tho nalos 'rJOuld thunp tho cnrth in unison. Tho druooinG 1c. sted about five soc onds , thon thqr \�uld pa.use mld ropeat tho a.ction until the hen ,"ir'.lkod o:m:.y. The pr ocision \7ith \ihic h tho drUIlI:line"wQuld ccononco and end \'"1:).6 a '.lost interestinc por tion of the courtship. Ho\10Ver t '7hcn no hon �s a.bout, th o incivid�� D�los uould drun at r�ndoD.

After mtchinc fer a.bout an hour , Dr. R"'..i1ey s ot tho ea.ncro.s in tho blind, onco o.Ga.in ca.usinC the Grouso to flush. Hr. Stephens �ll1d I drove a.\iC.y loa.vine tho pho togra:phor by hir.1solf in tho blinc!. By 8:00 A.H. the birds loa.vo the courtinG grounds to Co to tho feedinc nroas SODe distnnc o nrJa.Y so \70 returned to pick up our unha.ppy cnnero.no.n. Tho sun ro�c1 f:::.i1 ed to l:nke nn a.ppcnrnnce, thus it ilnS iopossible i. 0 cet nny Good pic tures . Ur, Steph ons and Dr. Bailoy sa.id they \"lOuld r eturn on n Doro favcra.blo norning o.n d try a.g:dn. This courtinG has beon recordod as la.te as Lilly 12.

In a.ddi tiOl'l to the above nentioned [;rOUGe ilhich nunbored about 20 at one tioe, tho follovinG birds \lero listed l

Spurred T owhoo, Pipilo oaculatus nontanus; Horned La.rk, O toco ris �lpostris; Wostern Ecndor/la.rk, Sturn c1ln noclecta.; Wocdhousest J:::.y, Apholoconin ca.lifornica. uoodhousei; Lone-c rested Ja.y, CyQnscitto. stolleri dind��nta.; Louis's Woodpecker, Asyndosnus 10Y/isi; Chostnut-bnckod Bluobird , S1o.lia. �c� bairdi; Spnrro\'"! Ha.'t'/k, � spa.rverius; Robin, Turdus n¥?ra.torius; A1:1orica.n Ua.epio, � pica. hudso nia.; Connon Rod-Y1inC, Acela.ius phoonicous; Wostern ChiPFine Spa.rrO\"I, Spizolla. pa.sserinn �"rizon.'"lo; Rocky Hounto.in Nutha.tch, Sitta. carolinensis nelsoni; Red Shaf�d Flick er, Cola.ptos cnfer; B�ck Piceon Hnuk, Falco coludbarius suckloxi; ilounta.in Chickadee, Ponthestes �nr.1beli; Whitc-rUl:lpcd Shrike, La.nuis ludovicinnus; \kstern I10urninc Dovo, Zona.ic1ura. nacrcura. mrcinolln.

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* This bird ms observod on n tolephone pole a.s \70 r/ere enroute to Denver a.nd I understood Dr. B o.iley te any it is very uncOLll:1Cn in those po.rts. HO'Vlovor, t1hen \10 cot tho eo.r turned a.roun:l o.nd sta.rtod rock to collect it , the hn.\7k oust hn.ve sonsod do.n�or a.nd flat1 eff.

S/Set. Robert BonenberGer D01'lVor. Colora.c1o

FIELD NOTES

\1ostorn To.na.Ger

On Juno 5, 1%4, \7hile I 'VJD.S en oy va.co.tion, I ms \7D.lkine nlonc Elk Rivor (just boloYl the ncutl; of Holly River, not f::tr fror.l Pa.lnor, W. Vo..). In tho top

of 0. nodorato sized troe rdthin 200 foot of the road. I sa.t1 and hoa.rd sinsinc a. n.'"1.lo uostcrn tC'.na.cer. Tho bird rO:lo.incd on the snne bra.nch for s one ninutes o.nd sa.n� of ton. It,UQ.s a. stra.nce bird to no , but I had qy Zeiss 8 x 30 binocu­lo.rs a.nd LW copy of Peterson's "A Field Guido to tho Birds"; therefor e, idontifi­co.tien ms ea.sy.

In the bocks th::tt I ha.vo ccnsulted, it is sta.ted thn.t this bird is "a.ccidento.l in tho Eo.st". Il'l "Birds of \1ostorn Ponnsylvan:in It, it is not nenticnod, theroforo it. aSSUl:lO it is not found thero, or Todd 'VlOuld ho.ve listoc! it. Tho bird hn.s not , previously boon reccrded fron Vlost Vn-cinio..

Jo.nes I1onroo Ra.y Brook, N. Y.

Sono Wo.tor Bires o.t Cha.rleston

Tlnt po.rt of the Grea.t Ka.nD.Ylhn. River flom.nC throueh tho hoo.rt of tho city of Charloston could ha.rdly bo c onsidored 0. likely s pot for �ter birds. Yot uo hnvo boon ploasa.ntly surprised, durinc tho �st tuo yenrs, to observo quito n fot1 speci es horo.

This stretch of rotor, SODa five nilos lone, is borderod by tho Kn.no.'Who.. Boule­vnrd nlonG �ich Po.ssos o.n endl�ss stren.n of trn.ffic. In tho construction of the boulevo.rd (1940) 0.11 vcgoto.tien n.lonc the north bn.nk nns roncved o.nd todn.y uith not n. tree to be found a.lonc this s ido thore is a. perfect vicu of tho river. The south bo.nk is uncho.nGod a.nd a. cood screen of trees exists thoro. To further cotlplico.to thincs, 0. flyinc school opero.tes mlt' 0. dozon planes which do.ily pro.ctico In.ndincs �nd take-offs on tho uo.tor �nd tho Bont Club is locn.ted hero.

Despito thoso drmibilcks, 'r/E) hn.vo 'boon o.s fertuno.to, in listinc nntor t'01.11'\7ithin tho city linits, ns in nny spot of oqun.l lenGth fn.rthor up or down tho Kn.nuwho. or o.lonc the Ohio River.

Southorn VI. Vn. is dofinitely net 0. favored section for ducks , cooso, otc. It is not includod in a.ny of the four no.jor fly\-JD.Ys a.nc1 hn.s no lo.rcc body 'of wa.tor. (NothinG to eo��a.rc trlth Ch��t Lako or Tyco.rt River Roservoir for cxa.nplo.)

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Consequently there is no great flocking. Seldom are mor e than half a do zen birds seen together and flocks of 25 to SO are decidedly infrequont.

Just uhat '\ms the status of \7clter foul prior to tho construction of Kanauha Boulevard (\1hon thor o \7o.S d onse vegetation along both sidos of tho river) and prior te the operation of tho flying school is problomnt ical. We uer on ' t horo then. !'1lost probab ly it ha.sn't changed much o.s othor sections of river in Kana­uha and Putnam Counties contain no largo population of migrating or uintering birds.

Our b est day, ,dthin the city limits, v�s April 2, 1944 uhon throe species of gulls '\ler e listed together -- horring, ring-billed and bcnapartos. Othor speCies '\10 fivo found in th o city are: comnon leen, hoeded nerganser, red-b reasted ner­ganser, AIlerican nerga.nser arn tho follo'\dne ducks: scaup, buffle-hond, rodhoo.d, ring-necked, ruddy, and blu e-uinged toal.

Ho us 0 VIr ons

Loui se & Alstcn Shields 511 B Nancy street Charleston , W. Va.

Houso '\;rens have beon the favorite "pin up" bird far-lily III our 'ba.ck yard for severo.l yoo.rs. Vie encourage thon in overy '\lD.y to eeoe te our house a nd live be­causo uc aro all fond of tho hiGh quality of the song of the Do.lo during the nating season. Eo.r1y last spring 17e nade b. '\;r on house out of a gourd and plo.ced it o.bout s eVen foet frcn tho (9:'ound in the thickest po.rt of 0. cherry tree. Tno differont pairs Lndo i t their heoo durine tho season, a.nd Victo r Harbert and his band \7ould havo civen \.lP the job of cOl:lpetil'lC '1.7l. th thODO littlo denizons in tho voluno, qua.li ty and duro.tion of tho I:1usic \70 onjeyod over a period of several Ilo eks.

Every tine, I henr one of thoso little fello\75 deliver his lone r.lolodious ro nc, I a.rJ r cnindod of the \70.y TOD SD.\Jyor described tho f:irst steaoboat he over sC'"u COLling o.round 0. b on d in tho river , "Hit's cot 0. ten foot '1.7hist10 o.nd 0. threo foot bonn. If

Early this spri nG t/O placod four gourds in o.s lJa.ny trees o.nd shrubs in our back yard to attrac t tho "�ens o.go.in. Suro enO UGh, b.lonc about tho last uook in Ho.rch a roostor "took over" eno of the gourds [U'ld boco.n co.rry-inc in nostine m ... t orial. For noo.rly threo vlooks ho \7orkcd a.n d sanG but to no avail. "l1aoo." moon didn't r.l.'1.ko hor o.ppearo.nce. In tho oeantino, a. pair of robins lnd bu il t 0. nost in o.n o.pplo tree abo ut tuonty foot m-lD.y in tho neiehbors' yard c.nd oventu­o.lly threo no"; bc.by robins o.pp �. rod . One Sunday oorninc eurly \70 \10re \-m.tchinc t ho robins f ood their younG ',7hon suddenly at 0. tir..le Ylhcn both moo. and pupa \loro mmy searchinG fo r food , the uron roostor fl 0\1 into tho a.pplo troe o.nd perchod o.bout ten inchos o.bovo the nost. Ho bOGun divinG Itbill first" into tho nest stabbinc tho bo.by robins o.n d befer 0 \70 could Got tc: t hen he had killed 0.11 throo. "Hru:.n":md "Papa" quickly appoa.red an d Gavo clnso but Ur .. Wron succeoded in ovo.dinG thoD o.nd stayine out ef their rca.ch. Every titlO tho po.ir trould cot a.\7ay froLl tho nest the V�en uould roturn end rep ent his vicious attack on the o.lroa.dy doa.d nostlincs. ''1.1n.r..la'' robin finally carried tho dead bo.bios m.-my ono

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a..t a tine. The fight for dor..lination of the territory continued for several days vhen finally the pa.ir of robins gave up the stru ggle a.nd disappea.red. I ha.ve observed \7ren fanilies during the l:nting sea.son for rJD.ny yea.rs but this is the first instance where I mvo ever seen a c ock bird ta.ke venge::mce upon the nestlings of another type of bird fcmily tha.t inV2.ded his territory. So, borm.ro of tho littlo bro,m f ollo'."l _Jith tho ton fObt 'Ilhistlo. Frustration brings out tho other side of his porsono.lity. Boliovo DO, ho is the � vicious littlo

"hellion" I mvo eVer enoountered.

Carolina. Junco

Mrs. Harlan Justice 2906 N oyes Avenue Cmrlestol1 4, W. Va..

During Doccrlbor 1944 there fed in 8y yard 0. Ca.rolina. junco \71th uhite auricula.r patches, Tho usuo.1 patch, unlos s I an tlisinfortlod, oxtends undor tho eyo but this stops short cf the oyo by sona ono-fourth of CU1 inch but covers the broad­est part of the o.uricula.rs. It is not str�ight on top but slightly curvod and underneo.th it is curved folloYring th 0 lines of tho auricle -- a.ccording to tho sketch I ho.vo. It is pure '."mite excopt for a. slight snudg o of grey toot is on tho edge of tho right pa.tch. Tho bird, 0. no.lo, ViD.S first soen ::-.bout tho third of Docor.1bor. Our juncos SOOr.1 to be tho Carolina. vnriety though \7e o.lso hc.ve hlor..m.lis ill lossor qu:::mtity; ours nre tho d eep blue grey \"lith horn colored bill_

-- i:irio.n G. Dickinson 2006 Roid· Avonuo Bluefiold, Vi. Va.

THE REDSTART is published Llonthly by and for tho nonbors of tho Brooks Bird Club. A correspondin g nO:lborship nay bo obto.inod upon po.yoont of ono dollar o.nd fifty c onts, vrhich includes a. tYlol vc-r.lOnth subscription to THE RED­START. All l:lcnbors arc porrlittod to contribute fiold notes for publication.

Tho Brooks Bird Club, 70if"fia.rrlood AVo., Whoeling, W. Va.