. Bird stories. Birds -- Juvenile literature. GAVIA OF IMMER LAKE Of course you have guessed it! Gavia was on her nest. She had hidden her two babies among the bul- rushes for safety, and must stay there herself to keep them warm. They were not yet out of their eggshells, so the only care they needed for many a long day and night was constant warmth enough for growth. They lay near each other, the two big eggs, of a color that some might call brown and some might call green, with dark-brown spots splashed over them. The nest Gavia and her mate had prepared for them was a heap of old wet reeds
. Bird stories. Birds -- Juvenile literature. GAVIA OF IMMER LAKE Of course you have guessed it! Gavia was on her nest. She had hidden her two babies among the bul- rushes for safety, and must stay there herself to keep them warm. They were not yet out of their eggshells, so the only care they needed for many a long day and night was constant warmth enough for growth. They lay near each other, the two big eggs, of a color that some might call brown and some might call green, with dark-brown spots splashed over them. The nest Gavia and her mate had prepared for them was a heap of old wet reeds and other dead water-. Two babies, not yet out of their eggshells, hidden among the rushes. 53. 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 Patch, Edith M. (Edith Marion), 1876-1954. Boston, The Atlantic Monthly Press
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