A Bird's Long Journey

1878

During the great snow storm of January an adult female Louisiana tanager was seen to approach a house in Lynn, in which there were canaries hanging near the window. An open cage, with food was placed just out of the door, into which the bird at once entered and allowed itself to be captured. It was to all appearances a wild bird, and, though very hungry, was not in a wasted condition. This bird had its home during the summer months in the region between the Great Plains and the Pacific. In winter it visits Mexico and Central America.

The great snow storm of January, as is known, began on the Pacific coast of Mexico, passing north and east, with violent winds, progressing about 1,000 miles every twenty-four hours. It seems more than probable that the bird was caught in its vortex, prevented by the stormy currents of air from returning, and driven onward some four or five thousand miles to our inhospitable coast. —Boston Journal

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