. Bird-lore . d up a piece ofdr> grass, flew with it to the telephone wire, held it for a few seconds, thendropped it, and went to singing as if glad to show there was one thing in whichhe could excel. (212) Some Nesting Habits of the Oregon Junco 213 Once during tlie period of nest-building, I saw the whole family—father,mother and two youngsters of the first brood—at the lunch-counter. Herethe father showed his devotion to his family by taking all the care of the child-ren. They followed him about, and he patiently droi)ped grain, first into onegaping mouth and then into the other. While
. Bird-lore . d up a piece ofdr> grass, flew with it to the telephone wire, held it for a few seconds, thendropped it, and went to singing as if glad to show there was one thing in whichhe could excel. (212) Some Nesting Habits of the Oregon Junco 213 Once during tlie period of nest-building, I saw the whole family—father,mother and two youngsters of the first brood—at the lunch-counter. Herethe father showed his devotion to his family by taking all the care of the child-ren. They followed him about, and he patiently droi)ped grain, first into onegaping mouth and then into the other. While the mother ate her meal uncon-cernedly, and then flew off in the direction of her new nest. Soon there came atime when the female was seen only when she made hurried visits to the lunch-counter for food and water. The male spent much of his time singing in thecedar-tree, or on a nearby telephone pole. He and the two young ones wereoften seen at the lunch-counter, and in the trees near the nest. A dense yew. OREGOX JUNCO tree, about fifteen feet distant, was a favorite with them, and here they wereso often seen at dusk as to warrant the conclusion that they roosted July 6, we first saw the parents wdth food in their bills, and knew thatthe second brood was hatched. I took a position under a small cherry tree onthe slope, and waited. The female soon arrived with food and alighted in theyew tree. She ticked several times, then flew down and disappeared in theweeds about twenty feet below me on the slope. She reappeared almostinstantly, perched in the yew tree again, wiped her bill daintily, and lingered ashort time before departing. In five minutes she returned, accompanied bythe male, both with food for the young. She flew down at once, reappearedwithout the food, and departed. The male was disturbed by my was fifteen minutes before he was reassured suflficiently to visit the nest, andleave the two fat worms that dangled from his bill. Even with the locat
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