. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state. Birds -- Ohio. THE CARDINAL. week by regurgitation, but after that the parents supply them grain and insects directly or assist them in cracking seeds. After the Robin the Cardinal's nest is the easiest to find, and perhaps the most common in middle and southern Ohio. Nesting begins early in the season, and two, sometimes three, broods are raised. April 15th, 1901, before a green leaf had shown itself in Columbus, I found a full set of eggs. in a rude nesl placed in a bunch of dri
. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state. Birds -- Ohio. THE CARDINAL. week by regurgitation, but after that the parents supply them grain and insects directly or assist them in cracking seeds. After the Robin the Cardinal's nest is the easiest to find, and perhaps the most common in middle and southern Ohio. Nesting begins early in the season, and two, sometimes three, broods are raised. April 15th, 1901, before a green leaf had shown itself in Columbus, I found a full set of eggs. in a rude nesl placed in a bunch of drift material which had caught from a recent flood. Others have reported eggs as late as August 28th. Xe^ts are usually placed low in bushes, or at moderate heights in thickets and saplings. Grape-vine tangles and porch trellises arc favorite places, and occasionally nests are saddled upon horizontal limbs of trees. Miss Gertrude F. Harvey of Bond Hill 1 Cincinnati) kept a most interesting diary of a pair which nested in her conservatory. The nest was placed in a Marechal Xeil ros"e-bush, to which the birds found access first through a roof venti- late i and then through the open window. Tn construction the nest varies from tidy to disreputable, according to skill and season. A typical one is composed externally of long- stiff weeds and leaf-stems, and measures roughly seven inches across, with an extreme. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Dawson, William Leon, 1873-1928; Jones, Lynds, b. 1865. Columbus, Wheaton Pub. Co.
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