. Bird lore . ARTIFICIAL RUBBISH HEAP IN WHICH THE PHOTOGRAPHER WAS CONCEALED WHILE MAKING THE ACCOMP.^NYING PICTURES OF ENGLISH SPARROWS Photographed by A. L. Princehorn (2) 212 Bird - Lore will neglect their young for long intervalsmany times a day, Iust to persecute otherbirds. I have seen them pull out nestingmaterial from Wrens boxes, the entrance to. which was so small that they could only gettheir heads in. I have seen them pull topieces a Robins nest only to let the materialfloat off on the breeze. I have seen them enterStarlings nests every time the Starlings left toget food for their
. Bird lore . ARTIFICIAL RUBBISH HEAP IN WHICH THE PHOTOGRAPHER WAS CONCEALED WHILE MAKING THE ACCOMP.^NYING PICTURES OF ENGLISH SPARROWS Photographed by A. L. Princehorn (2) 212 Bird - Lore will neglect their young for long intervalsmany times a day, Iust to persecute otherbirds. I have seen them pull out nestingmaterial from Wrens boxes, the entrance to. which was so small that they could only gettheir heads in. I have seen them pull topieces a Robins nest only to let the materialfloat off on the breeze. I have seen them enterStarlings nests every time the Starlings left toget food for their young and remain only justlong enough to escape detection; and the waythey harass my Wrens inclines me to murder-ous thoughts. We are told that besides thebirds of prey. Crows, Blue Jays, Grackles andeven Catbirds become cannibals at times andeat little nestlings of other birds, but EnglishSparrows have been known to kill themand just drop them to the ground in whatlooks like pure wanton cruelty. All told, the English Sparrow is a menace intoo many ways to deserve considering his pro- tection. They are dirty, noisy, quarrelsome,meddlesome and cruel. To be perfectly fair,I will say that for a couple of weeks in thespring they no doubt are a benefit to my elmtrees for they eat the little green wormthat attacks the leaves; but I am veryconfident that
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