. Bird lore . HL.\CK-THROATKI) (.REl-:iN WAKHLKK The Hanging Home in the Oak Tree By HARRIET WILLIAMS MYERS. Los Angeles, Cal. With a photograph by the author. o N the morning of February 19, 1908, Iheard the sharp call of the CaliforniaBush-tit in my yard, and, hurrying tothe door, was in time to see one of these tinybirds flying from a tree, his mouth full of cottony-looking material. It was as I had supposed,^housekeeping time had begun for the Tit family,as it already had for many another of the featheredtribe. In the same block with my home grew a mag-nificent live-oak tree. Hither the li
. Bird lore . HL.\CK-THROATKI) (.REl-:iN WAKHLKK The Hanging Home in the Oak Tree By HARRIET WILLIAMS MYERS. Los Angeles, Cal. With a photograph by the author. o N the morning of February 19, 1908, Iheard the sharp call of the CaliforniaBush-tit in my yard, and, hurrying tothe door, was in time to see one of these tinybirds flying from a tree, his mouth full of cottony-looking material. It was as I had supposed,^housekeeping time had begun for the Tit family,as it already had for many another of the featheredtribe. In the same block with my home grew a mag-nificent live-oak tree. Hither the little Bush-titbore his cottony mouthful, and hither, also, Iwent, -anxious to see just where in the big treethe long pendent nest which these midgets buildwas being hung. I found the birds, for there were two of themin the tree, carrying lining material into a nestwhich seemed almost completed. It swung—some ten inches long—on a branch about fifteenfeet from the ground, that hung almost over thesidewalk, where any one so desiring might easilysee it. And yet, I doubt if any one, save thoseI told about it, ever saw the nest; so well did itblend with th
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