The School methods book; methods, aids, devices, material for the help of teachers of elementary school classes . in Bluebird at Home Before more than the first notes of the spring songhave sounded in the distance, Bluebirds are to be seenby twos and threes about the edge of old orchards alongopen roads, where the skirting trees have crumbled ordecaying knot-holes have left tempting nooks for thetree-trunk birds, with whom the Bluebird may beclassed. For, tho he takes kindly to a bird-box, or aconvenient hole in fencepost, telegraph pole or out-building, a tree hole must have be
The School methods book; methods, aids, devices, material for the help of teachers of elementary school classes . in Bluebird at Home Before more than the first notes of the spring songhave sounded in the distance, Bluebirds are to be seenby twos and threes about the edge of old orchards alongopen roads, where the skirting trees have crumbled ordecaying knot-holes have left tempting nooks for thetree-trunk birds, with whom the Bluebird may beclassed. For, tho he takes kindly to a bird-box, or aconvenient hole in fencepost, telegraph pole or out-building, a tree hole must have been his first home andconsequently he has a strong feeling in its favor. As with many other species of migrant birds, themale is the first to arrive; and he does not seem to beparticularly interested in house-hunting until the arrivalof the female, when the courtship begins without delay,and the delicate purling song with the refrain, Dear,dear, think of it, think of it, and the low two-syllabledanswer of the female is heard in every orchard. Thebuilding of the nest is not an important function— r- -^SIBH^. Bluebirds merely the gathering of a few wisps and straws, withsome chance feathers for lining. It seems to be sharedby both parents, as are the duties of hatching and feed-ing the young. The eggs vary in number, six being themaximum, and they are not especially attractive, beingof so pale a blue that it is better to call them bluishwhite. Two broods are usually raised each year, tho three arc said to be not uncommon; for Bluebirds areactive during a long season, and, while the first nestis made before the middle of April, last year a brood leftthe box over my rose arbor September 12, tho I donot know whether this was a belated or a prolongedfamily arrangement. As parents the Bluebirds are tireless, both in supplyingthe nest with insect food and attending to its sanitation;the wastage being taken away and dropped at a distancefrom the nest at almost unbelievably short interv
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