. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. PLED nests, and if any intruder approaches, the CHAFFINCH. birds are often seen settling near or flying over the unused one. Time after time we saw a raven sitting on a rock immediately over a dummy nest, liis black form outlined in sharp |)rofile against the sky. At last we discovered his little ruse, and found that all the time the hen was sitting on one egg in a genuine nest near by. This was well concealed, and there was every probability of the one egg being hatched. When ravens have young the male will almost
. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. PLED nests, and if any intruder approaches, the CHAFFINCH. birds are often seen settling near or flying over the unused one. Time after time we saw a raven sitting on a rock immediately over a dummy nest, liis black form outlined in sharp |)rofile against the sky. At last we discovered his little ruse, and found that all the time the hen was sitting on one egg in a genuine nest near by. This was well concealed, and there was every probability of the one egg being hatched. When ravens have young the male will almost attack any intruder who goes too near the nest, whether it be man or \^^^}^^ bird. A keeper I know, whoMid=Air. ^ lives near the ravens haunt, was once sitting near to a nest containing a brood. One of the old birds was flying about the steepBLUE Trr. dingle or gorge on the hillside, barking defiance, and trying to guard his young. A too venturesomekestrel, which, I beheve, had a nest in the same dingle, beganflying round the larger bird. This so angered the raven
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