. The home life of wild birds; a new method of the study and photography of birds . oung. Atsuch times even the silent Cedar-bird findsa voice and gives an impatient died ! Ifthis call passes unheeded it often becomesextremely shrill, especially in Kingbirds,with whom failure on part of their youngto quick response seems to be peculiarlyexasperating. While watching a Kingbirds nestfrom the tent, a moth miller was oncebrought in by the male. It was passed toeach one of the young in turn, but evenunder the spur of his shrill chitter, theywere unresponsive, and he devoured theprey himself. This s
. The home life of wild birds; a new method of the study and photography of birds . oung. Atsuch times even the silent Cedar-bird findsa voice and gives an impatient died ! Ifthis call passes unheeded it often becomesextremely shrill, especially in Kingbirds,with whom failure on part of their youngto quick response seems to be peculiarlyexasperating. While watching a Kingbirds nestfrom the tent, a moth miller was oncebrought in by the male. It was passed toeach one of the young in turn, but evenunder the spur of his shrill chitter, theywere unresponsive, and he devoured theprey himself. This sharp economy is oftenpracticed at the nest, and I have even seenthe leg of a grasshopper picked up andeaten by an old bird. Not a crumb isallowed to go to waste. If an insect getsaway it is usually pursued and immedi-ately snapped up. Once, however, I saw afemale Kingbird fooled by a fly who owedits life to its small size. As she openedher bill in her attempt to land it safely The same bird in the more common brooding attitude. i ail opcil throat, the fly darted off. The. Care of Young and Nest. 103
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