August 15, 1914
graphite pencil on commercially-made lined paper
5 13/16 x 3 11/16 inches
Burchfield Penney Art Center courtesy of the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation, 2000
the other.(HT)The songs of a cardinal, like the peterbird, seem unlimited. The one in this hollow gives a yodelled “cheerp, cheerp, cheerp, cheerp” the break coming on the “r” while the distant one in Post answers with leisurely long-drawn out notes, “Who-i-t, Wh-o-i-t. There is no mistaking their song, tho we may be hearing a new version for the first time. Its powerful full whistling character cannot be confused with any other.(HT)Hear “chewink" call.(HT)Crows at times. "