. American birds, studied and photographed from life . ee one. They go sneaking through the woods,stealing eggs and wrecking homes of others, and squeal-ing in delight at every chance to pillage—but this is legiti-mate in the blue jay code of morals. I have often won-dered whether jays plunder other jays, or whether thereis honor among bird thieves. There are robber baronsamong birds as among men. But doves could not be moregentle and loving about the home, for the jays were de-voted parents. If this pair of jays carried on their nest robbing, theydid it on the quiet away from home, for in the
. American birds, studied and photographed from life . ee one. They go sneaking through the woods,stealing eggs and wrecking homes of others, and squeal-ing in delight at every chance to pillage—but this is legiti-mate in the blue jay code of morals. I have often won-dered whether jays plunder other jays, or whether thereis honor among bird thieves. There are robber baronsamong birds as among men. But doves could not be moregentle and loving about the home, for the jays were de-voted parents. If this pair of jays carried on their nest robbing, theydid it on the quiet away from home, for in the thicket, andonly a few yards away, I found a robins nest with eggs,and the nest of a thrush with young birds. Perhaps thejays wanted to stand well with their neighbors and livein peace. I am sure if the robins had thought the jayswere up to mischief, they would have hustled them outof the thicket. I think we give both the crow and the jaymore blame for nest robbing than they deserve, for inves-tigation shows that they eat many insects, and in some.
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