. Camera studies of wild birds in their homes . Birds; Photography of birds. 156 return either to the eggs or to feed young when I was pre- pared for picture-making. Some day I expect to find one whose home ties are stronger. Thejf do, however, have a degree of aifection for one another as the following will show:. Fig. 133. YELLOW-BILL'S—JUST HATCHING. Cuckoos are very fond of tent caterpillars, in fact they eat more of these hairy creatures than all the rest of the birds together. One day I saw a Black-bill Cuckoo sitting beside a large caterpillar nest. He would utter a few notes and then e
. Camera studies of wild birds in their homes . Birds; Photography of birds. 156 return either to the eggs or to feed young when I was pre- pared for picture-making. Some day I expect to find one whose home ties are stronger. Thejf do, however, have a degree of aifection for one another as the following will show:. Fig. 133. YELLOW-BILL'S—JUST HATCHING. Cuckoos are very fond of tent caterpillars, in fact they eat more of these hairy creatures than all the rest of the birds together. One day I saw a Black-bill Cuckoo sitting beside a large caterpillar nest. He would utter a few notes and then eat a few caterpillars. Evidently he intended to stay by his find until they were all gone. After a while he took one in his bill and flew into a thicket a short distance away. In a few moments he was back again and after regaling himself for awhile, off he went with another mouth-. 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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