. The story of hedgerow and pond . ij^lj-l/lf *■<■ i///// riu-ii{fi irwi. Frank the Heron ich stands up on their heads and allover their bodies in the most comicalway imaginable. When they grow alittle bigger, and can stand erect ontheir legs instead of having to squat atthe bottom of the nest, this downgradually disappears as the feathersgrow underneath ; and when the parentsappear overhead on their big hollowwings, and drop their long legs ready toalight on the nest, what an outcry thereis as all five of them raise themselves upon tip-toe and stretch out their longnecks and open their mou
. The story of hedgerow and pond . ij^lj-l/lf *■<■ i///// riu-ii{fi irwi. Frank the Heron ich stands up on their heads and allover their bodies in the most comicalway imaginable. When they grow alittle bigger, and can stand erect ontheir legs instead of having to squat atthe bottom of the nest, this downgradually disappears as the feathersgrow underneath ; and when the parentsappear overhead on their big hollowwings, and drop their long legs ready toalight on the nest, what an outcry thereis as all five of them raise themselves upon tip-toe and stretch out their longnecks and open their mouths, each oneanxious to have its share first! Veryoften in their eagerness one or two ofthem will fall out of their nest. Except in the nesting-season they areunsociable birds, and the young soonseparate after they have left the Frank the Heron It is true that you may often see half adozen herons feeding in the same they came there singly, and eachone will leave by itself and go its ownway, and they have only found them-selves together because the place
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