. American bird magazine, ornithology. Birds. aging chirps of his mother he succeeded in turning the corner of the house and Teaching an oak about fifty fc;et away. As is usual when each young Robin leaves the nest, there was a loud clamor for several minutes from both the par- ents assisted by another pair who had a nest a short distance away. The profusion of green woodbine which adorned the piazza, tended to make quick photography almost impossible, and the old bird was so active when- ever she came to the nest that a snap shot was nee- Fig. 4. essary in order to get her at all. Fig. 4 show
. American bird magazine, ornithology. Birds. aging chirps of his mother he succeeded in turning the corner of the house and Teaching an oak about fifty fc;et away. As is usual when each young Robin leaves the nest, there was a loud clamor for several minutes from both the par- ents assisted by another pair who had a nest a short distance away. The profusion of green woodbine which adorned the piazza, tended to make quick photography almost impossible, and the old bird was so active when- ever she came to the nest that a snap shot was nee- Fig. 4. essary in order to get her at all. Fig. 4 shows the mother bird as she appeared trying to coax the larger of the two birds to make his maiden voyage. Just after the camera clicked she suc- ceeded and he went flop" ping heavily across the road to the further end of the lawn, where both par- ents held a long and loud session to persuade him to try and reach a more elevat- ed position out of reach of feline enemies. The re- maining little one had hatched a day later than his companions and had devel- oped slower so that he did not leave the nest for two days more. He is shown in all his solitude in Fig. 5. No doubt he is wish- ing time away so that he. Fig. 5. Photo by C. A, Reed. THE LAST 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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