THE BIRDS THAT NEST IN GOLDEN GATE PARK Ben Blow TO one who loves the woods and all the little furred and feathered people that gather there. Golden Gate paxk is at Its best. There is a fragrance now to the new born fo liage of each tree and shrub that van - Jehes when foeterlns sun warmth brings maturity "and everywhere oae hears the eong of birds. Oa each bright day the . park Is thronged. Great automobiles slide down lie emooth, hard roads with noisy, equalling horns. The Tins of iron shod 'oofs resounds, and on each path and *.n each tiny byway men end maidens •wander, as xaan end maid have wan dered, troolng, since the world began, j But there are those of xia who shun ihe paths and drives and delve iato the thickets, listening to the songs that fwcll cp like a choir celestial from puffed out, feathered throats. For all the blrfis are matins now and busy pinging love songs and building nests end hatching babies out, and In the gladness of the time they Eing. their best. •r.-T.'f* There Is no finer natural park In all the world than Golden Gate. Its \-istas are superb. The sweep of shrub lined road that leads to where the surf beats on the shore surrenders only to a eea scape where the sun glints on some tiny oft shore sail, and oa beyond Is China. where the west Is east. Deep down Jn tJny valleys nestle tiny ponds. High up on sandy hills climb tangled vines, and art end nature meet upon a com mon ground. In places all Is stereo typed. Driveways and paths laid out on Hogarth's lines of b»auty maze to and fro between symmetrically spaced rows of trees and endless stveeps of .close cropped lawn: but Jn tlir hidden places of the park aix- tfingjed thickets where, fairy parkways run and make a \u25a0w-iider. ECSS. Love of the woods, its people and i their tiny 2:ome spots is a precious gift, iand one who leaves the beaten path jways of the park and delves into the j byways where the little people - live ! finds rich return. Tiny t!iickets. minia ture Jungles, sod untrac.ked by any human foot, make one forget the dust and turmoil of the downtown streets. the need to struggle for existence and the Inhumanity of ;.;^.ii to mau. The 'somber shadows of clos« jj'" nw "ing ever greens make co«l, dark cav«s. Th<> Fprtngy yield of turf untrod is pleasant to tired feet. The fragrance of the 1 pines and flowers and grass makes one I forget the moil and rumble of the city ;Rnd Its fevered breath. And on a sway jJn^ branch tip, his throat puffed out. a » white crowned sparrow swings and | sings. Unmindful of his audience, he : lifts his lilt of song and sends it shrill jlng to the blue beyond the skies in very jjoy of life, a pean of praise. ' -* ' \ ' Some place close at hand Mrs. iFparrow is house keeping demurely (hoping, goodness gracious, that no one jwill drop in on her and very much i afraid lest woe betide her tiny habita ition and her precious baby t eggs. But \u25a0when Ebe is discovered she' slips shyly :over tea nest's edge and disappears j!nto the 'thicket, calling little nervous , cries of alarm which serve to end the isong-. With head cocked saucily on jone side her mate flies up and regards jtho Gargantuan interlopers, chirping j angrily trhlle the seclusion of his home ils laid bare before the camera, but Iwhca. lie drooping branches have ifwung to again and veiled tboir'nest ithe interrupted house keeping resumes, | the mother bird chirps throatily that ia.ll is well, and then her. mate resumes jhis perch, reslngs his song and all their • tiny world Is happiness and peace. One needs only to leave the beaten pathways of the park to find bird j house keeping going on happily all j around. Th*e varieties that nest' there ' are mzjiT. sot less than 50 at the very 1 least— may they never be* disturbed. Quail call out on every side and scut* Ue around noisily In dense thickets or fly up Into ;, the concealing branches of ithe pines and eye Intruders; curiously. {apparently not the least afraid, seem ilnsr to know that they are protected from all . harm. Their nests are many there but hard to find mud plastered and Uecorated with rags and bits -of i>aper, . was found. This bird Is one that seldom nests In Golden Gate park, preferring the , quiet ) of the foothills, singularly enough, " for / in; other parts of the United" States -, Mr. Robin Is a sociable and "; man loving bird and ceems to be happiest when nesting: close 'beside some house. : Th 9 ?rreen-blue og-ss, unspecked or spotted, leave no room for doubt and some place closest hand there Is the un tnistakablo robin's whistlingr call sounding subdued and anxious lest the visitors who pry ;so curiously bring; harm to her and hers. Beyond the, robin's. nest, and concealed* flat on the ground, is the. nest of an Oregon'to •whee. "-The grasses arch above' "It curvingly and- make a tiny cave. 'The , nest Is wonderfully built from: a pro tective standpoint * and can : scarce be distinguished \u0084from. from its surroundings. The three f ggs are still ' warm, 'but while the camera was being unlimbered \ and during all the focusing. and fusei Ing that is incidental" to .the setting of ) a nesative , ...that shows up: clear ; thero was no cry or call of alarm. The own ers , of i the i, tiny -; habitation \u25a0•..were,*; per haps, too shy to raise a cry; of i protest, or, perhaps, and better still,- they knew intuitively that v their, visitors y. who peered "• so , curiously ; would not harm them for all the ;\u25a0 world. . -> , A; little rfartheri on . and > a , y erltabla bird bungalow, a;: Hliputian cottage . built by Anna'humming.blrds,' la found.* It is a tiny, -lichen covered lump upon a tiny," swaying twig. Soft,i padded in- : . Blde l ,Trith down. and. fairy^feathers,"lt^ makes . a cradle ; for/ tha • smallest! baby ' birds of all. that come tp life In Golden Gate .park. One,; looking : at- the '\u25a0 thatched : and - fluffy domicile can . only ; marvel at its delicate > construction ' and wond er how : the I little architects ' could - weava ; and ' build a ; home ' so; miniature and so'compacL'^The nest is empty and .the tiny,' pearly.'eggs yet to be laid, but soon the 111 lput Ian house keeping: will be on and ' there ' tha - miracle of It fa In • all its mystery. In "all ; its r will coma. to' be. iv;: ,;..; ; ;;'.:':;-';-:::-:;:. : - ; \u25a0 ? :* Up ;In a -~ tree ;; close : ; by .'.the; lichen' ' thatched *, habitation of the : hummers : Is ' ' * russet backed thrush and some place close at hand his nest. It is a compact structure, set solMly in a crotched shrub and woven sturdily of roots 'and entwined grass. -It holds three essa, greenish, .brown blotched, v: This : bird Is one of the sweetest singers in \ the park, but few are fortunate enough to hear his clear and vibrant notes.' which swell out 'on', the -'air >' like music : from some loud but 'distant - Aeolian ' harp played on caressingly by the wootnK passing breeze, \He slngs^ his best at early morning, when the cool, moist! dampness of the night begins to fade before the first rays , of : the" sun, but! \rhen the day climbs up the : eastwardJ sky he seeks 'the • coolest shadowed: depths and whistles only now and then a. bell like, far" reaching note.: Early to bed and early •to rise for the song of the russet backed thrush.- . Oae of the most Interes tin g Wrdrf of V all f that : nest': In -s the ? park >, Is * the > Call- \-. fornlan bush-tit The tits are tiay birds with i ash 8 eray.h plumage & that* -i blends s wonderfully;? with t their t surroundings. ' The I nest I they ; build Xis pendulous I and % bulky.* swlngtngjtari down< and; swaying f to 2 every;, breete * that y blows; | an% Ideal v cradle'fQrjbabylblrdsUo, snooze" in. ' -It lr!l r ! Is woven of moss -and lichen, thatched.* and reßembles nothing so much as ,a | long, necked.' gourd. Tbeentranc*- is a tiny Jhole^upt near- the; top, andv inside {/\u25a0 the eggs rest on a bed of Softest down. The commonest bird of all those that home in the park ia the Brewer black bird. He Is an erratic follow, ne«tlng sometimes Yon the . ground - and ' some times 5 high? up: in trees. ,. The nest is ">'\u25a0\u25a0 clumsily constructed, made of twigs or roots and plastered up with mud. Tha ; birds ', ar« ft graenith ' black withy/ something ;of \u25a0an Iridescent cheen to tbelrr feathers ?and th«y, ara very •«? clable. On any afternoon at thlt sea son (of the year the 'little fellows can be seen prowling the spreads of green that" stretch-out ? in : ; the : park^tndua'v triouslyi hunting bugs l and t worms !ito still iitha? etrldent? saualllng^of^ their ;; younf;.\j'-V&* r '^ ; '' ; »' : '- : y.-' > 'ti- - - : ' : - 'C--&--" : **'i :? -' ;j : '0 Alveryi! little' ; time fda'voted %to iblrd ,? study Sin;, tba^parkl will" brta*i|rouchl pleasure, and now Is "the time when all | are [slnsingibesti Each dump lot [doss | ." cunningly J away \u25a0. rrom , pryrcs eyes a'ni I soon ; the i busiest' time I will lof all »thej year. for : all i tbe birds,' -The; babies ;srow,wlth\wonderful rapidity and their, j appetites [are enormous. c With ' 16 little '\u25a0 red •, lined 5 hungry | mouths *to | feed. Mr. .; and J Mrs. Quail -will 'Cbe*# a every ; busy \ pair.';?} 1 Insects, bugs \u25a0'\u25a0 and I berries must be supplied by countless thousands, and r t rom i the i moment % th.af . they ? chip forth ; from J their > shiells birds Iwill ' I have ;; a : fear (of : . man \ that : seems almost \ pitl f vi; % Let some Tone ; approach a*- nest I of I young / quail i and^; they « scuttle I forth ' i into :tha gbushas/a hiding i. under;* leaves I and { choosing theirs surroundings "with" ; such' remarkable attention to protaett /a I coloring, that It ! Is ; impossible to detect itbem^byJ thai closest ;6crutinyv7 - '-.;.-; ' • : \u25a0- And | so the living of the ; little f eatb-" the; park i goes on. ; At •arlymorn.afld when the shadows of the evening" stripe the grass with lon^, ; Jtr*y^ ahadea;; they,; sing/WAll f day I they ; I tend their babies., hunting food > and J «var • bearing squalling cries i for; ; mora^ E Not only , must the f youngsters j be . fed { and : - cuddled, > . but ,< also, ; a ; little « later, S they ; must Sbe taught ?to I fly.i f or j baby I birda can no more uae their wings with out Instruction % than baby : boya and girls | can | walk. *!* So • all l the feathered | fathers i and v mothers -of the % park • are busy,: now. t and S whenl tha I sun Sf shines ; % bright >. and . all , tha Is ky above Is \u25a0. bl u». ' labor V: cheerily^ and T: sing their ; I songs that % reach ; Out bey ond * space, - a pean^of;prai(»e to shim; who notes the i-sparroWaifaU^ : •? n \u25a0?>?; • :^>'-v;^c "-\u25a0:.'\u25a0 - \u25a0 ' Tha San. Francisco Suadav CalL SPRIQHTTI^V WOMEN WHO FISH AND HUNT (Continued from Front PagO was reared on the firth of Clyde, her home being, close to the water's edge. From her earliest childhood • she was ;on the water daily and can '. hardly; re- , member learning .to fish. As a;conse quence Bheiunderstands boats perfect ly. AH her fishing in. Scotland ; before coming to "America was salt water fish ing, cod, haddocks, whitings, fish ,in America called, sand "dabs. _ For 15 years Mrs.' McMillan has mafia her home in the United States and has become an ardent devotee. to trout fish ing.-- She fishes every year except when she varies her habit by. making a visit to the x old home In Scotland,, which becomes a necessity ever>\ fourth year. she says. She knows all the mountain streams of the state. The first flshinp: she did here was at Weber lake and in all .the streams near Trucks*. She fishes alone in her boat, preferring to feel; that : her fortunes and misfor tunes are all her own. with no one \u25a0to -blame and.no ons to prals* but her self.; * Wljere the pools jire clear with' no snags she loves to drift a mile or so. . *; Three years ago she fished at Glen Alpine and : for the last two seasons \u25a0 has {fished along the Eel. . going by boat to Eureka and then inland and, stopping . at r Weymouth Inn, beloved of anglers. she waits for her outing "until the ... middle of September and the run of: the steel head. On all her trips' she :1s accompanied by her , husband. \u25a0-_ She. candidly confesses that she could not live. without the" fishing. 'Shells a; true sportswoman and is. con tent wlth'nothing. less. than. the gamest fish that the state affords.* " Mrs. George : H. * Newman cares more for- the = hunt than for fishing with its requirement of patlenca. Her 1* gauge shotgun is her pride. - She has handled a gun only, four years, but has become quite an expert One . day last season at Point Reyes she bagged the limit of quail.' Two deer have been her portion, not -as: large, however", as she is am bitious for .this ' season. Three years ago she brought 'down 14 mallards In \u25a0 flight. . • Such j a -. shot we would be glad to claim "as ; a 'California -product. , but unhappy circumstances gave her to. the \u25a0 east. - However, "as \u25a0 a huntress ; « may claim -her. \u25a0.;"': ,' -v \u0084- -.-*:• ; ; Mrs. Newman had her first lessons In . duck shooting at Collins ville where tha Montezuma gun club holds forth. That was in the days whan the club did not eonflne ' Its bospi tality . to men. Several ather members' wives -were learning at tha . same time and Mrs. Ktwmaa re- lates with enthusiasm 'tha great rivalry that existed among them and the^mus ance. She loves animals; has a splendid mount and 'excellent^ dogs. "?« n «* i Mrs.- Thomas J^Walsh. learn«d to usa a. gun on -, the • preserves (of the Mohte sutna, club. - } Durins:the -last threa yearsv of ..women's ; ; admittance y she Joined iln tha duck , shooting.' Sha has no - desire ito vwal t '•; for ~ the r e venine Bights but ;was; up. in',the:mornln^ £f o clock day, after day/was \u25a0 peeping out of-her,bllndfat:3:3O i end?perp\.trltlns a«*«y/. d«eds ' wlth>: tha < rest \of \u25a0 thenT B^tyMrs.uWalsh:;is \u25a0 an- artist ; and°sha has , to- admit ? missing the (light -because of :: her utter 'engross ment In -the", sunrise." ; However - thera ire ; plenty ,i of .sunrises s and Talso ' plenty af . teal, : canvasbacks : and ; the ' like. ' !-{The ! enthusiasm? of Mrs. r J/ F-Nlckeli Is ' of; the . sort 1 that ils born \u25a0of - the new *ndunusual.^She;has ) had i ,but one sea son's ; experience 1 at fauck? hunting and the ivery; blunders thatlarosa from her Inexperience • are - dear.; to ; hers memory She 5 tells I how she . shot ; at ; the "decoys because ; they ; were mora, or -less ate. tlonary i and i not . so ; apt 1 / to ,; annoy' one by away?; any % moment; "how «he was S^ miserable "'•• they S did > not ilnk.twhich: she; supposed * would •have been^the (natural -? resulti had l she hit - themr and ' how ,: tho [ menTdlscovered that she I had I riddled % them "; with .? holes iplit i them * abominably. -When * she " set sut: the: first ; morning for Uhe -fuzzy little -bnndUhat^ had r been; assigned to her a!i* announced that ihs would bring something home If It were only a mud hen. And - she did. But the pathetic part of It was thafe they would not . let her bans It , up. She couldn't tell' why. --• Mrs. Nickels Is enthusiastic over the Joys of the sport and Its heal thfuln ess. aha cannot say enough for the outdoor Ufa as a substitute for the fall and winter card tables in town. Mrs. Ai IT. Cummin* says of th« sportsman's ltte that it Is "the only Ufo there is." Last year when the stress; of things In town rendered It necessary for her to leave tha fishing tackle unmolested in various boxes and for her and her husband and "Treat" -to t remain -at \u25a0 home, the suns laid away, the whole, year was spoiled and life seemed hardly worth living. . Mrs. Cummlngs* affections ar« pretty equally divided between the two sports. She has made some wonder fully fine catches of striped bass on the San Antonio slough -where she con siders the best bass fishing is to ba had. The Gumming** ark, "The Cuc koo," is her home durins tiie season. She baits her own hooks with clams, generally, for bass and has met with great success. She did not have to wait to learn to fish under the Inspec tion of Mr. Cummins; sh» has fished all her life. She Is familiar with tha streams and lakes in- the- northern counties. \u25a0 This year the two will reach Klamath Hot Springs early. For tha duck and quail shooting Mrs. Cummins: goes to the Field and Tule club's preserves. Her spaniel. "Treat." :Is* constantly with her and she avows that he takes a decided Interest la th« fishing: as well as the hunting-. The * most enjoyable fishing trips taken by Mrs. George Webster Adams of Alameda. one of ; tha popular brides \u25a0of last year, have been the Trinity county trips.. The two days' hard, staging were no trial by reason 'or the beauty of the scenery, as the road fol loired the wayward bendings of th« streams. Mrs. Adams is not a fly fisherman. . She acknowledges thac .frankly. She 'fished as th« people of the place fished, chiefly wtth grass hopper bait. Grasshopper bait did the work and grasshoppers Were always handy,. a thing- that could not be said as truly of artificial flies. Mrs. Adams is another womaa who has fished . all her life and *• not sci entifically at least successfully, which, \u25a0would appear, to be tha greater con sideration to the unbiased mind. Sh* enjoys salmon fishing in Monterey bay and gpes.there often In July whan tha bijgr schools are running. Her enthusiasm knows no bouads In tellins of the deer hunt ia Trinity county— how in early August, when tha dawn broke at 4; they, set out at mid night, having, to so a great distance. . and. came down *tly» sides of a ravine to wait for the coming of tho deer and how, at- first,. being the same color a* the dawn .the deer "were almost indis tinguishable to any but the old hunts men; and how deadly quiet It all was and mysterious. .A* friend of Urs. W. W. Richards, who has enjoyed duck and snip* shoot ing with her at the hunting lodge in Sulsun county is Mrs. Charles V. Gross of Oakland. Mrs. Gross Is exceedingly fond of ; the gun. but is quit* as much interested In fishing. In tha Ben Lo mond mountains she and her husband have a fishing lodge, tha doors of which open to them at the beginning of every season. This year they. will entertain a house party and are already making preparations for it. Tha streams they cast > over are Bear creek. Boulder creek. Love \creek and some smaller ones. -- Mrs. Gross* great'arabltlon Is to be long-to the Tuna club at Cataltca. Since belonging to the Tuna dub im plies ;tha catching' of a tuna, which, to use Mrs, Gross' expression. la as larga as a : drains? room table, she realizes how almost . beyond * the \u25a0 hop* of * woman such a distinction Is. Never theless sha t has no Intention of giving up trying. She has landed several of , the big sea' fish there unaided aad considers It excellent sport, even xt difficult. • .This year she hopes to make a hunt* ins trip into Dakota. Not long ago she shot grouse In British Columbia. Mrs. E. ; p. Farnsworth. prominent as a club woman during the winter, like* nothing better ; than • to get: off in the \u25a0summer. to some of the beautiful auiet places In: California 'to enjoy tho fish ing and tho scenery. -Some of the most delightful -angling she has done has been in v the :Yosemlte right over tha edge of. the ' Nevada' falls, where tha -xxsn come very close and never ceasa to nil her with wonder at. their ability to Keep -. from " going over with tha Im mense crushing body of .water. Fishing in Maudodno county at JUlerly s . O n the . McCloud. Ec! and Truckee-.bs rtul P^k .precloujs i stones. Mrs. "George C., Williams is credited with beingrable to.cast a pretty fly. Three years ago.' she '* took; perhaps tha pleasantest-ofaUi her trips Into the oig Meadows; country, and ;her flahinst excited , the admiration of all In the ?? T w* * P ar *icularly „; the men.' To get tfta^besfjfishing.'that^the county could wllllngfto^do .the neces sary ,» s. miles of staging. >, iV 16 ;could; couId not r meet women mora run 'of j the lova of : Ufa : than theaa women , of , rod r and "? sma.