. Camera studies of wild birds in their homes . Fig. 226. Jack brought a wasp,—minus wings and legs. They were tired of their cramped quarters and were about toexplore the outside world. As we approached, they allscrambled out and commenced climbing up the trunk. Webrought them down to a horizontal limb, but they were veryrestless; they had an idea that they were large enough tofly and wanted to try it right away. Two of them werequite bashful; every time we tried to focus the camera onthem they would slide down the back side of the limb toget out of the view. 265. Fig. 227. Finally, as my fat
. Camera studies of wild birds in their homes . Fig. 226. Jack brought a wasp,—minus wings and legs. They were tired of their cramped quarters and were about toexplore the outside world. As we approached, they allscrambled out and commenced climbing up the trunk. Webrought them down to a horizontal limb, but they were veryrestless; they had an idea that they were large enough tofly and wanted to try it right away. Two of them werequite bashful; every time we tried to focus the camera onthem they would slide down the back side of the limb toget out of the view. 265. Fig. 227. Finally, as my father was trying to straighten them out,they all scrambled on his sleeve and, one by one, climbed tohis shoulder from which elevation they made their maidenflights to the woods beyond. Meanwhile the wren eggs had also hatched and the malebird was happier than ever. So closely did his songs followone another that it almost seemed as though a tiny, repeat-ing phonograph must be concealed in his throat. We hadvisited the woodland apartment so frequently that neitherof the wrens paid any attention to us. In fact we had ^ometo know them as Jack and Jenny respectively. Like thatof the male woodpecker, Jacks plumage was always sleekand orderly; also similarly and for the same reasons, thatof his mate was worn, one tail feather was gone and anothershorter than it ought to have been. We made pictures of 266
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