. Nature Study Birds : A Book for Beginners in Bird Study . 7 scolded and screamed and whis-tled. The little ones were not afraid of us at all. Weplayed with them a few minutes and then put all four in arow on a branch. As soon as we went away a short distance, the motherjay came back and fed them. Blue Jays are beautifulbirds, are they not, Uncle George?. From Land Birds BLUE JAY 57 They arc beautiful birds, Dorothy, and it is a pity theyare not as good as they are handsome. They are very mis-chievous and often cruel, for they like to eat eggs of otherbirds and sometimes kill their little one
. Nature Study Birds : A Book for Beginners in Bird Study . 7 scolded and screamed and whis-tled. The little ones were not afraid of us at all. Weplayed with them a few minutes and then put all four in arow on a branch. As soon as we went away a short distance, the motherjay came back and fed them. Blue Jays are beautifulbirds, are they not, Uncle George?. From Land Birds BLUE JAY 57 They arc beautiful birds, Dorothy, and it is a pity theyare not as good as they are handsome. They are very mis-chievous and often cruel, for they like to eat eggs of otherbirds and sometimes kill their little ones too. Oil, arent they wicked? I never would have supposedsuch things of such pretty birds. You -see, Dorothy, it is rather a family habit. Allmembers of the crow family, to which jays belong, havethese same destructive customs. Jays make very interesting pets, but they have to becontinually watched for they are always getting into mis-chief. One that I kept for several years would steal every-thing that he could carry away. He had a great liking forpennies and would always catch them in his beak when theywere thrown to him. We had a box, on the wall, with a holein the top and he would carry pennies or other small thingsand drop them into this box. He liked to fly quickly by anyones face and the twinkling of his eyes, seemed to laugh wh
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