. Half hours with fishes, reptiles, and birds . eral would approach a brood of young turkeys; one bird would hop up and down on one side, thus attracting theFig. 205. —Raven. r .. attention of the mother; then, as she rushed in that direction, another raven would dart forward and seize a young bird. In this way the brood would HOLDER, F. R. & B.— 15 226 SOME PERCHING BIRDS be depleted by the schemingand clever birds. The nestsof the ravens were built onalmost inaccessible cliffs. The crow is much smaller(Fig. 206), and its caw-w,caw-w is a familiar note allover the country. During theday it fo
. Half hours with fishes, reptiles, and birds . eral would approach a brood of young turkeys; one bird would hop up and down on one side, thus attracting theFig. 205. —Raven. r .. attention of the mother; then, as she rushed in that direction, another raven would dart forward and seize a young bird. In this way the brood would HOLDER, F. R. & B.— 15 226 SOME PERCHING BIRDS be depleted by the schemingand clever birds. The nestsof the ravens were built onalmost inaccessible cliffs. The crow is much smaller(Fig. 206), and its caw-w,caw-w is a familiar note allover the country. During theday it forages for food, re-turning every night to thesame roost, often a veri-table crow city. Along. Fig. 206. —Crow. shore the crowsare very clever,opening clams bydropping themfrom a height. AtOcean Point,Maine, I saw them
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