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May 8, 1920
Free Trader Journal And Ottawa Fair Dealer
Ottawa, La Salle County County, Illinois
What is this article about?
Encourages everyone to study birds outdoors for pleasure and health benefits, detailing observation techniques and specifics on the robin's songs, movements, hunting, and nesting habits to foster lasting interest.
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BIRD STUDY.
Big folks and little folks can add to their pleasures by careful study of birds. Everyone may become interested in it.
Naturally bird study is a hobby best followed out of doors with one's feathered friends in their proper environment. Good eyesight and careful observation is necessary to gain the best results. A pair of field or opera glasses will assist in "bringing the bird up to you." Time spent in the out doors will be a physical aid to one as well as both a physical and mental stimulus to his body while following the birds in their flight, their names, their diet, their mating, their quarrels, their colors, their nesting and their economic value.
For something easy learn about the robin. Note his song. Listen as he sings in the early dawn. Note the difference from that at sunset. Note his rain song. Notice that he does not hop, as one might suppose, but runs nimbly. Note his unerring dash after the worm. Note his nest building. Note how he uses his breast as a towel to smooth the interior of his mud plastered home. Note his rough weaving.
Introductions to the birds generally is followed by lasting friendships. Get acquainted.
Big folks and little folks can add to their pleasures by careful study of birds. Everyone may become interested in it.
Naturally bird study is a hobby best followed out of doors with one's feathered friends in their proper environment. Good eyesight and careful observation is necessary to gain the best results. A pair of field or opera glasses will assist in "bringing the bird up to you." Time spent in the out doors will be a physical aid to one as well as both a physical and mental stimulus to his body while following the birds in their flight, their names, their diet, their mating, their quarrels, their colors, their nesting and their economic value.
For something easy learn about the robin. Note his song. Listen as he sings in the early dawn. Note the difference from that at sunset. Note his rain song. Notice that he does not hop, as one might suppose, but runs nimbly. Note his unerring dash after the worm. Note his nest building. Note how he uses his breast as a towel to smooth the interior of his mud plastered home. Note his rough weaving.
Introductions to the birds generally is followed by lasting friendships. Get acquainted.
What sub-type of article is it?
Animal Story
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Nature
What keywords are associated?
Bird Study
Robin Observation
Outdoor Hobby
Bird Behavior
Nest Building
Where did it happen?
Out Of Doors
Story Details
Location
Out Of Doors
Story Details
Encourages bird study as a hobby through outdoor observation using good eyesight and binoculars, noting birds' flight, names, diet, mating, quarrels, colors, nesting, and economic value. Suggests starting with the robin: its song variations, running gait, worm-catching, nest-building with mud and rough weaving, using breast to smooth interior.