The thrashers sing in the hedgerows beyond the garden, the catbirds everywhere.

The catbirds have such an attractive song that it is extremely irritating to know that at any moment they may interrupt it to mew and squeal.

The bold, cheery music of the robins always seems typical of the bold, cheery birds themselves.

The Baltimore orioles nest in the young elms around the house, and the orchard orioles in the apple trees near the garden and outbuildings.

Among the earliest sounds of spring is the cheerful, simple, homely song of the song-sparrow; and in March we also hear the piercing cadence of the meadow-lark--to us one of the most attractive of all bird calls.