PROUD SONGSTERS
The thrushes sing as the sun is going,
And the finches whistle in ones and pairs,
And as it gets dark loud nightingales
In bushes
Pipe, as they can when April wears,
As if all Time were theirs.
These are brand new birds of twelve-months' growing,
Which a year ago, or less than twain,
No finches were, nor nightingales,
Nor thrushes,
But only particles of grain,
And earth, and air, and rain.
—Hardy
Pacific coast. Breeds in Canadian and Transition zones from Cross sound, Alaska, south to coast region of southern British Columbia. Winters south to California, Arizona and New Mexico.
Breeds in Transition zone of California coast belt from northern Trinity county to southern Monterey county; south in migration to Lower California and Sonora.
Breeds in Boreal zones from southern British Columbia to high mountains of southern California. Winters south to Lower California and Texas.
A majestic tree averaging 275 feet, occasionally 325, with a trunk 35 feet in diameter! Distributed in interrupted belts on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada from American River to 36 latitude, forming forests of considerable extent and reaching greatest development on north fork of Tule River.