A Bird-lover in the West

alighted appeared babies beak beautiful began beside bird black-headed grosbeak blackbird blossoms blue jay branch brood brook bushes cañon cardinal catbirds chack charming chat Cheyenne Cheyenne Mountain close clumps Colorado Colorado Springs corn cries delight English sparrow eyes feathers feet flew flowers fluttering foot grass ground grove head heard hopping hour house wren inches instantly kernel larvæ leaves looked loud magpie manner mate meadow-lark morning nearer neighbor neighborhood nest nestlings never notes OLIVE THORNE MILLER orchard oriole oriole pair parents passed pasture perch rapturous song red-headed woodpecker robin rocks Rocky Mountains seat seemed seen side sight silent singer singing sometimes song squawk stem stood sweet tail thing thrush took tree trunk turned twig uttered voice watched Western wood-pewee whole wings wonderful woodpecker wren yellow yellow-breasted chat young youngster