. Bird lore. Birds; Birds; Ornithology. The Audubon Societies 65 birds—Robins nesting on the window- sill, Catbirds in the shrubbery, a Blue Jay family by the kitchen roof, and various others. For the present, charges as follows will be made for the use of these films: $5 for one reel, and $3 for each additional reel. Transport charges are borne by the receiver. Four or five reels make a good evening's entertainment. THE EDUCATION OF A ROBIN By MARIE KUGLER During a severe storm, early in May, a Robin's nest in our yard was blown down, and, when found, only one of the young birds was alive. Hi
. Bird lore. Birds; Birds; Ornithology. The Audubon Societies 65 birds—Robins nesting on the window- sill, Catbirds in the shrubbery, a Blue Jay family by the kitchen roof, and various others. For the present, charges as follows will be made for the use of these films: $5 for one reel, and $3 for each additional reel. Transport charges are borne by the receiver. Four or five reels make a good evening's entertainment. THE EDUCATION OF A ROBIN By MARIE KUGLER During a severe storm, early in May, a Robin's nest in our yard was blown down, and, when found, only one of the young birds was alive. His bare little body was stiff with cold, but after being wrapped in cotton and kept near the fire a while, he revived enough to swallow food. For several weeks he was a very dependent little fellow, but later on developed decided opinions. As soon as he was old and strong enough to fly well he was turned out of doors, and we supposed that after a day or two he would mingle with the other feathered folk; but not so. He would fly about until tired out, then come to the door and beg to get in, and even as late as the last of August he would come to the back porch for food and water. As he had been brought up by hand, he did not know how to find food for him- self. He would sit and scream at sight of a worm or berry, expecting it to drop into his wide-open mouth, but would make no effort to pick it up; so we had to teach him to hunt for food out-of-doors. We taught him to pick currants from the bushes by holding him under the clusters so that they just touched his bill, and it wasn't long before he realized that it takes 'pull' to get things in this world. He soon became expert at it, and in a few days we had the pleasure of watching him make profitable round-trips from fence to bush with never an instant's pause. After a few trips to the garden, where we dug worms for him, he learned to look for them on the ground, and later on we were almost sure to get an answer from him in the
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