THRUSHES IN AUTUMN.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 19928, 15 May 1930, Page 13

THRUSHES IN AUTUMN.

I >lßß. EIMTQit or TILE rBESS. itHPtpd a correspondent in ono pcenfc issues where : pbes go in' tie" autumn. .His jjpifthoy go* more or '-iesi ipto Iffigltlicjr - moult a|S^is ; in BjffU' apparent scafeity, Vf or, ! birds, they are more retiring faiod than during the. rest of" This in, no doubt, due to ilpedgo that they are not as,! Ptb escape their enemies when Prof flight are reduced. In' of the duck famarc rendered flightless whole* of-their flight toe time, this timidity, even feed birds, is very marked, fis -another reason why the Bp not so much seen in gar-jgie-autumn (and particularly mk •and that is because the Hotkey are most conspicuous.; K|§pra. when feeding, and at' llpSj&wns are top dry and jffijr worms to be working on|MjCT)uring the-, spring and; UMtrall mown lawns are fav-'

Iggguig grounds, and thrushc Kiud starlings are' to be sec jyjnjyily gathering food f< WgrWhen the lawns dry u ||K|!iein do by February, tt Sjljl to seek other fecdin |||p&bst cases, probably n< gpyf and'that/ comblned wit Hfeliyaesß, means that we st gKtnbnal bird where a shoi HgMPtifiy we could have see correspondent will lln ■M-few-days of the nes BW/btt'.able to see thrushc IHwlawns again, particular] ■j&cjMorning and late evening ML-JBPQAB F. .STEAD.