. Bird lore . discovered one in a young elm treein front of the house, and the other in thegrass across the street. The last one re-mained quietly in the nest for severalhours. Finally he got up, picked hisfeathers, fluttered his wings (the mothercoming repeatedly to feed him, andfluttering about the tub, as though show-ing him how to fly), and away he flewacross the tennis-court into the top of abasswood tree. The neighbors back of us have a familyof Song Sparrows in the middle of thestrawberry bed, where they are pickingstrawberries every day.—Anna E. Agate,Fittsford, N. Y. raising its wings
. Bird lore . discovered one in a young elm treein front of the house, and the other in thegrass across the street. The last one re-mained quietly in the nest for severalhours. Finally he got up, picked hisfeathers, fluttered his wings (the mothercoming repeatedly to feed him, andfluttering about the tub, as though show-ing him how to fly), and away he flewacross the tennis-court into the top of abasswood tree. The neighbors back of us have a familyof Song Sparrows in the middle of thestrawberry bed, where they are pickingstrawberries every day.—Anna E. Agate,Fittsford, N. Y. raising its wings several times, beforeflying to the top of a dead tree across themeadow.—Willis G. Booth, Syracuse,N. Y. A Patient Robin This Robin built her nest on the picketgate between the chicken yards, and it wastorn down several times, as this gate hasto be constantly used, and she couldnever sit in peace, but she rebuilt patientlyuntil the poultryman transferred it to apart of the fence a little less public. Here. A Northern Turkey Vulture In view of the fact that Princeton,N. J., is said to be the limit north of therange of the Turkey Buzzard, you maybe interested to know that I had a longlook at close range at one perched on afence-post, evidently watching some wood-chuck holes close by, at Pompey, Onon-daga Co., N. Y., August 12, 1911. I am wondering if the exceptionallywa rm summer has anything to do with itspresence so far north. It stamped one foot,snapped its beak and hissed repeatedly. she sat, without minding the presence offive hundred chickens, and all the attend-ance thereon, and safely reared her year there were several Robinsaround the Hospital, on a level with thesecond, and even the fourth floor, outsidethe noisiest wards, and one high on thewater-tower. In destroying the nests ofEnglish Sparrows, it was necessary tocaution the men about these. A pair ofLoggerhead Shrikes spent much time onthe telephone wire, and did great execu-tion among the English Spa
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