. Camera studies of wild birds in their homes . Fig. 216. The plumage of the female uas rough and worn. 255 erect stubs was a little round hole,—the entrance to theDowny home. Why should the wren so persistently stay inthis dead tree when the woodpecker was striving so fiercelyto drive him away? Again the answer revealed itself; lowerdown in a shorter limb was another hole,—the wren a long-focus lens to the graflex I made a view of. Fig. 217. The four little woodpeckers looked little differentfrom their parents. the wren just as he commenced his song and also one ofthe woodpecker
. Camera studies of wild birds in their homes . Fig. 216. The plumage of the female uas rough and worn. 255 erect stubs was a little round hole,—the entrance to theDowny home. Why should the wren so persistently stay inthis dead tree when the woodpecker was striving so fiercelyto drive him away? Again the answer revealed itself; lowerdown in a shorter limb was another hole,—the wren a long-focus lens to the graflex I made a view of. Fig. 217. The four little woodpeckers looked little differentfrom their parents. the wren just as he commenced his song and also one ofthe woodpecker just after he had charged. Investigation showed that Downy already had five,glossy, white eggs reposing on the bare wood floor of hishouse. The wrens probably had arrived that very morningfor they were just commencing work on their home. Con-sidering the quiet domestic life that these woodpeckers arewont to lead, it is little wonder that they objected to thepresence of the boisterous and inquisitive pair of thought, correctly, that the continual song would sure- 256
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