. American bird magazine, ornithology. Birds. 388 AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. It was while watching this feeding of the young Downies that we first discovered that the upper flat was occupied by "; We had supposed that the holes which we noticed above the Downies were made by the Woodpeckers. At different times we had seen M'hat appeared to be small clouds of dust or smoke emitted from these smaller holes, as though some one were inside and blowing outward through them. As we looked we saw a bee enter one of these open- ings. Investigation revealed the fact that each of the
. American bird magazine, ornithology. Birds. 388 AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. It was while watching this feeding of the young Downies that we first discovered that the upper flat was occupied by "; We had supposed that the holes which we noticed above the Downies were made by the Woodpeckers. At different times we had seen M'hat appeared to be small clouds of dust or smoke emitted from these smaller holes, as though some one were inside and blowing outward through them. As we looked we saw a bee enter one of these open- ings. Investigation revealed the fact that each of the holes from which we had observed the clouds escaping were occupied by bees, which as they bored would kick the borings out. Evidently the Down- ies feared these insects for on several occasions when a bee would hap- pen to fly near, they would appear to dodge them, and once we saw one of the Downies make a complete circuit of the stump in his endeav- or to escape them. At another time we saw one of the birds catch one of the bees and carry it to the yoaig oaes, showing that while they did not like the insects as neighbors they did not object to using them as food. The young were gradually taking on a suit of feathers similar to their parents and on the twentieth day from the time they hatched, they left the nest. Except for being perhaps a trifle smaller, they were the exact. Photo from life by C. A. Reed. YOUNG Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Worcester, Mass. : C. K. Reed
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