. St. Nicholas [serial] . THERE, instead of four, were only two SMALL NESTLINGS. of the mother as she came home to feed. Shehad gotten quite used to the camera. We hadit leveled point-blank at the nest, only a yarddistant. A gray figure came flitting over the 9i8 WARBLER WAYS. [Aug. tree-top and planted himself on the limb rightbeside his home. He carried a green cut-. VE OFTEN SEEN DISPUTES ARISE WHILE THE MOTHERWAS AWAY. worm in his mouth. No sooner had he squat-ted on his accustomed perch than he caughtsight of the cyclops camera. With an aston- I could not tell one nestling from the other.
. St. Nicholas [serial] . THERE, instead of four, were only two SMALL NESTLINGS. of the mother as she came home to feed. Shehad gotten quite used to the camera. We hadit leveled point-blank at the nest, only a yarddistant. A gray figure came flitting over the 9i8 WARBLER WAYS. [Aug. tree-top and planted himself on the limb rightbeside his home. He carried a green cut-. VE OFTEN SEEN DISPUTES ARISE WHILE THE MOTHERWAS AWAY. worm in his mouth. No sooner had he squat-ted on his accustomed perch than he caughtsight of the cyclops camera. With an aston- I could not tell one nestling from the I sat watching the mother the questionsoften arose in my mind: Does she recognizeone child from the other ? Does she feedthem in turn, or does she poke the food downthe first open mouth she sees ? Here is agood chance to experiment, I thought. Sowith a good supply of 5 by 7 plates we watchedand photographed from early in the morningtill late in the afternoon for three days. At theend of that time we had eight pictures, or ratherfour pairs, each of which was taken in thesame order as the mother fed her young. The warblers foraged the firs for insectsof all sizes and colors. The digestive organs
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