. Bird neighbors. An introductory acquaintance with one hundred and fifty birds commonly found in the gardens, meadows, and woods about our homes; . g tsee, tsee/tseet (usually twelve times repeatedin a minute), that the redstart sweetly but rather monotonouslysings from the evergreens, where, as his tiny body burns in thetwilight, Mrs. Wright likens him to a wind-blown firebrand,half glowing, half charred. But by daylight this brilliant little warbler is constantly onthe alert. It is true he has the habit, like the flycatchers (amongwhich some learned ornithologists still class him), of sitti
. Bird neighbors. An introductory acquaintance with one hundred and fifty birds commonly found in the gardens, meadows, and woods about our homes; . g tsee, tsee/tseet (usually twelve times repeatedin a minute), that the redstart sweetly but rather monotonouslysings from the evergreens, where, as his tiny body burns in thetwilight, Mrs. Wright likens him to a wind-blown firebrand,half glowing, half charred. But by daylight this brilliant little warbler is constantly onthe alert. It is true he has the habit, like the flycatchers (amongwhich some learned ornithologists still class him), of sitting pen-sively on a branch, with fluffy feathers and drooping wings; butthe very next instant he shows true warbler blood by making asudden dash upward, then downward through the air, tumblingsomersaults, as if blown by the wind, flitting from branch tobranch, busily snapping at the tiny insects hidden beneath theleaves, clinging to the tree-trunk like a creeper, and singingbetween bites. Possibly he will stop long enough in his mad chase to openand shut his tail, fan-fashion, with a dainty egotism that, in thepeacock, becomes rank vanity. 210. BALTIMORE Life-size. Conspicuously Yellow and Orange The Germans call this little bird roth Stert (red tail), but, likeso many popular names, this is a misnomer, as, strictly speaking,the redstart is never red, though its salmon-orange markingsoften border on to orange-flame. In a fork of some tall bush or tree, placed ten or fifteen feetfrom the ground, a carefully constructed little nest is made ofmoss, horsehair, and strippings from the bark, against whichthe nest is built, the better to conceal its location. Four or fivewhitish eggs, thickly sprinkled with pale brown and lilac, like theother warblers, are too jealously guarded by the little mother-birdto be very often seen. Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) Oriole and Blackbird family Called also: GOLDEN ORIOLE; FIREBIRD; GOLDEN ROBIN;HANG-NEST; ENGLISH ROBIN Length—7 to
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