. American birds, studied and photographed from life . ad watched and waited twoweeks for this day. The minute one nestling took theidea into his head .to get out into the sunshine, it spreadlike contagion among the whole household. They camenot in singles, but in battalions! If wed had a dozeneyes we couldnt have kept track of them. We put sev-eral back on a twig beside the nest, where they sat fluffingin the warm sunshine, enjoying their first outing, andawaiting their turns to be fed rather impatiently. Each titmouse had a tiny tinkle for a voice that wasalmost as hard to hear as the whispe
. American birds, studied and photographed from life . ad watched and waited twoweeks for this day. The minute one nestling took theidea into his head .to get out into the sunshine, it spreadlike contagion among the whole household. They camenot in singles, but in battalions! If wed had a dozeneyes we couldnt have kept track of them. We put sev-eral back on a twig beside the nest, where they sat fluffingin the warm sunshine, enjoying their first outing, andawaiting their turns to be fed rather impatiently. Each titmouse had a tiny tinkle for a voice that wasalmost as hard to hear as the whisper of the flowers. Ihad to strain my ears to catch it more than a few feetaway. One nestling flew over into the deep ferns, but Imight have searched till doomsday for him. But themother knew where he was the instant she flew down into our camera box, and I shut thelid to see if the mother would find him. She lit right onthe box with a billsome morsel, and looked so uneasy thatI had to let her in. It looked to me like wireless telegra-. tit at door of long hanging nest.
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