. Camera studies of wild birds in their homes . Fig. 68. Bluebirds like birdboxes if the English sparrows arekept away. Instantly a dazed expression comes over her. Somethingis wrong. She looks long and steadily at the dazzling re-flection coming from down in the grass^ then peeks aroundthe limb at the sun that is still doing duty in its properplace. The problem proved too great for her or else shelacked the time to study over it longer, for she dived downto her nest to see how her little ones were faring. A certain twig on a dead limb of the next tree^ was a 80. bM ■m». Fig. 69. AN UNUSUAL SI
. Camera studies of wild birds in their homes . Fig. 68. Bluebirds like birdboxes if the English sparrows arekept away. Instantly a dazed expression comes over her. Somethingis wrong. She looks long and steadily at the dazzling re-flection coming from down in the grass^ then peeks aroundthe limb at the sun that is still doing duty in its properplace. The problem proved too great for her or else shelacked the time to study over it longer, for she dived downto her nest to see how her little ones were faring. A certain twig on a dead limb of the next tree^ was a 80. bM ■m». Fig. 69. AN UNUSUAL SIGHT. These Bluebirds nested in one arm of this scare-crow. favorite perch for her. It allowed her a clear view of theground for thirty feet about; often she would drop into thegrass and capture grasshoppers or caterpillars and bearthem off to the nest. The male bird, because of fear, abso-lutely refused to have his portrait made. He often broughtmorsels of food and gave them to his mate to carry to the 81 little ones,—rather imgallant of Mr. Bluebird to thus exposehis mate to fancied dangers he dare not face. Another pair of Bluebirds has nested annually, foryears, in the top of a certain fence post. This same nesthas, on several occasions, furnished a little joke at the ex-pense of some of my friends. As we approached the fieldin which this post was located, I would casually remariithat I had a little Bluebird-friend that would allow me to
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