. Bird-lore . came with food. Three days later, when he was nineteen days old, fear developed, and onbeing placed on a couch he hopped away hurriedly to hide behind a the afternoon he gave from the nest, for the first time, the call-note, andfive minutes later scrambled up to the opening. Hopping to the edge of theshelf, he called again, and then, putting his trust in his untried wings, he flewstraight ofi and up to a tree one hundred feet away. The old birds had beenwatching and followed now, guarding his course till he alighted. Anotherflight to the roof of the neighboring house,
. Bird-lore . came with food. Three days later, when he was nineteen days old, fear developed, and onbeing placed on a couch he hopped away hurriedly to hide behind a the afternoon he gave from the nest, for the first time, the call-note, andfive minutes later scrambled up to the opening. Hopping to the edge of theshelf, he called again, and then, putting his trust in his untried wings, he flewstraight ofi and up to a tree one hundred feet away. The old birds had beenwatching and followed now, guarding his course till he alighted. Anotherflight to the roof of the neighboring house, with some imperfect attemptsat stopping, and he was ofi to the hill, still tended by his watchful parents. An hour later the male came back to the nest-porch, and seated himselfagainst the entrance. Now and then he looked inquiringly into the umbrella had been taken down, but after it was raised he came againand took a drink; after that he disappeared and nothing more was seen ofthe Bluebird A HLUEBIRn HOMEPhotographed from nature by F. E. Howe, Sterling, II Bird-Lores Seventh Christmas Bird Census EACH year an increasing number of observers take part in BiRD-LoREsChristmas Census. Established primarily as a means of arousing inter-est in field work and of encouraging definite methods of recordingones observations, we are now gradually accumulating a mass of exactinformation, interesting in itself and, in the aggregate, affording a definitebasis for comparison with results obtained in other years. It, therefore, hastrue scientific value. Millbrook, Ontario.—Time, lo to 2 Clear; foot of snow on ground;wind northwest, light; temp., 6° to 8^. Downy Woodpecker, 3; Blue Jay, 7; PineGrosbeak, 10; White-breasted Nuthatch, 3; Chickadee, 16. Fotal, 5 species, 39 indi-viduals.—S. Hunter. Orangeville, Ontario—December 21 ; time, to 12 M.; to P and foggy atmosphere; about nine inches of snow; wind west, light; temp.,23° to 29
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