Ocupation: Essayist
Life: April 3, 1837 - March 29, 1921
Birthday: April 3
Death: March 29
The bluebird enjoys the preeminence of being the first bit of color that cheers our northern landscape. The other birds that arrive about the same time--the sparrow, the robin, the phoebe-bird--are clad in neutral tints, gray, brown, or russet; but the bluebird brings one of the primary hues and the divinest of them all.
topic: Cheer, Color, Bird, Bluebird