. Nature Study Birds : A Book for Beginners in Bird Study . 34 There are some of the swallowsflying about now. said Dick as soonas we came within sight of the one of the window panes in thegable is taken out every spring so thatthey will always be able to get in. The barn was a large one with dou-ble lofts, although of course, they werenearly empty at this time (in June.)Dick led the way up two ladders andthen proudly pointed out three BarnSwallow nests that were in use andseveral old ones. Two days ago. that nest over thetop of the window had rive eggs in it; the one on the thirdraf
. Nature Study Birds : A Book for Beginners in Bird Study . 34 There are some of the swallowsflying about now. said Dick as soonas we came within sight of the one of the window panes in thegable is taken out every spring so thatthey will always be able to get in. The barn was a large one with dou-ble lofts, although of course, they werenearly empty at this time (in June.)Dick led the way up two ladders andthen proudly pointed out three BarnSwallow nests that were in use andseveral old ones. Two days ago. that nest over thetop of the window had rive eggs in it; the one on the thirdrafter had four little birds and this one had only one egg. See that rope that hangs between those two rafters?The swallows use that for a resting place. Nearly alwaysthere are one or two of them sitting side by side on it. ! Here comes one of them in through the door has a large gnat in his bill. Yes.—he is going to thenest with the little ones. Hanging upright on the side of the nest, the Swallow From Land Birds BARN SWALLOW 35 rapidly g
Size: 1362px × 1835px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bo, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookidnaturestudybirds00reed
