. American bird magazine, ornithology. Birds. 384 AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. voting his energies to, preventing the building of their nest, he would make a fierce dash at the Wren every time he commenced a song. The Wren seemed to greatly enjoy this, regarding it as bird play, and with a break in his song would dodge his adversary and continue his vocal efforts more energetically from his next perch; meanwhile, the female Wren was as busy as she could be, carrying into the hole load after load of dried grasses, feathers, hair and twigs. She was so industrious that she very nearly if not wholly comp
. American bird magazine, ornithology. Birds. 384 AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. voting his energies to, preventing the building of their nest, he would make a fierce dash at the Wren every time he commenced a song. The Wren seemed to greatly enjoy this, regarding it as bird play, and with a break in his song would dodge his adversary and continue his vocal efforts more energetically from his next perch; meanwhile, the female Wren was as busy as she could be, carrying into the hole load after load of dried grasses, feathers, hair and twigs. She was so industrious that she very nearly if not wholly completed the nest the first day. This Downies nest, being situated so low down (only five feet from the ground), we were very desirous of doing nothing that might cause them to leave, for we had especially been looking for the nest of these. Photo from life by C. A. ReeJ. COMING OUT. birds and this one was in an ideal location for photographic purposes, consequently we did not look into it or attempt to take any pictures un- til the eggs had hatched, although one of us visited the locality nearly every day to see what progress the two contestants were making in their warfare. The Downy never overcame his dislike for the Wren,. 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 Worcester, Mass. : C. K. Reed
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