. Bird-lore . ,v mm ml. BLUEBIRD FLYING TO NEST in the accompanying illustrations. The history of the case is as fol-lows : A pair of Bluebirds, after several previous attempts at house-keeping, and subsequent removals by small boys, at last selected anold, deserted, Woodpeckers hole in a fence-post, and built, as usual,a nest of dry grass with a softer lining of horse-hair. The birds hadalready begun incubating the three pale blue eggs, which formed theset, when I disturbed them. I crept within five feet of the post be- (43) 44 Bird- Lore fore the female left the nest and joined her mate, who
. Bird-lore . ,v mm ml. BLUEBIRD FLYING TO NEST in the accompanying illustrations. The history of the case is as fol-lows : A pair of Bluebirds, after several previous attempts at house-keeping, and subsequent removals by small boys, at last selected anold, deserted, Woodpeckers hole in a fence-post, and built, as usual,a nest of dry grass with a softer lining of horse-hair. The birds hadalready begun incubating the three pale blue eggs, which formed theset, when I disturbed them. I crept within five feet of the post be- (43) 44 Bird- Lore fore the female left the nest and joined her mate, who had been keep-ing guard in a neighboring plum tree. After focusing my camera to within three feet of the post, andarranging a string attachment, I concealed myself in some bushesabout seventy-five feet away. I waited patiently for ten minutes before the female left thetree and flew down to thefence. The male followedclose after, and they hoppedabout the post and wires,getting nearer and nearerthe nest, until the fe-mal
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