. Camera studies of wild birds in their homes . Birds; Photography of birds. 253 terminated in the s;une way. "\^'eIl," tliought I. " tliat i,s strange! What can be troubling the little fellow. I surely must look into this". Just beyond the fringe of the woods was a fallen apijli tree, its trunk lying prone upon the ground but with several. Figs. 213, 214. 215. SOME VIEWS AT THE XEST HOLE. gaunt grayed branches pointing upward. On the tip of one of these was Sir Wren. At the very moment that I sighted him, he lifted his head, swelled his throat and the liquid notes just tri
. Camera studies of wild birds in their homes . Birds; Photography of birds. 253 terminated in the s;une way. "\^'eIl," tliought I. " tliat i,s strange! What can be troubling the little fellow. I surely must look into this". Just beyond the fringe of the woods was a fallen apijli tree, its trunk lying prone upon the ground but with several. Figs. 213, 214. 215. SOME VIEWS AT THE XEST HOLE. gaunt grayed branches pointing upward. On the tip of one of these was Sir Wren. At the very moment that I sighted him, he lifted his head, swelled his throat and the liquid notes just trickled through his vibrating ni;indibles; almost at the same instant a gleam of black and white flashed through the air and he dodged just in time to escape the savage rush of a Downy Woodpecker. Alighting on another stump, the wren again burst into song, only to be pursued by the Downy as before. Downy Woodpeckers are usualh' peaceable birds. But one thing could cause the strange actions of this one,—a nest. Sure enough, about half way up in the Larger of the. 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 Reed, Chester A. (Chester Albert), 1876-1912. Worcester, Mass : Reed
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