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to the nesting time with these tardy birds. Families already out of the nest come by as they wander up the lake front. Kingbirds who [[strikethrough]] see to [[/strikethrough]] attend to duty & pleasure with harsh voices that bely them are besought by young who [[strikethrough]] se [[/strikethrough]] add insistant iteration to the harsh tones of the family to offend the ears & disturb the quiet of the peaceful lake front. Up the shore the old ones have seen driving a crow bk to the woods ^ [insertion]] for the protection of all young families. [[/insertion]] In grateful contrast to the harsh notes of the kingbirds are the soft calls of a family of scarlet tanagers that wander up & down the shore line trees. The call of the green clad young is a soft 
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{[[underline]] see-wee [[/underline]] or [[underline]] see-la-wee [[/underline]], as gentle & restful as the lapping of the quiet lake water on the beach. Father, mother, & young go about together, day after day. After watching the leaf colored [[strikethrough]] friends [[/strikethrough]] mother & her brood it gives you a start to look up & see the father of the family in scarlet uniform. He seems out of place. But perhaps he is doing a soldier's duty, standing on guard, drawing fire, while his family hide under green coats. His loud [[underline]] chip-churr [[/underline]] sounds through the woods when he sees danger. I have seen him fly down among the blueberry bushes, but he seems to perch and look mainly in public. Buffy patches are invading the scarlet of his uniform so perhaps he feels a little of the security of his winter costume. Soon after I got here one of the girls of camp asked excitedly "Did you see the tanagers right down in front of your tent? "It was a beauty!" The song of the male given in snatches at first (July 15+) is 
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