. The home life of wild birds; a new method of the study and photography of birds. Birds; Photography of birds. Fig. no. Ready to inspect. Notice that he invariably comes to the right side by force of Fig. III. Inspecting the household. Ihe female approaches on the left. adapting its needs to conditions far more unlike those of the ancestral tree, and has been known to enter a barn and nest with the Barn Swallows. This happened in Dorset, Ohio,' where some Swifts fastened their nest to the vertical boards near a hole made for the conven- ience of the Swallows, and just below the peak o
. The home life of wild birds; a new method of the study and photography of birds. Birds; Photography of birds. Fig. no. Ready to inspect. Notice that he invariably comes to the right side by force of Fig. III. Inspecting the household. Ihe female approaches on the left. adapting its needs to conditions far more unlike those of the ancestral tree, and has been known to enter a barn and nest with the Barn Swallows. This happened in Dorset, Ohio,' where some Swifts fastened their nest to the vertical boards near a hole made for the conven- ience of the Swallows, and just below the peak of the roof. Five young were hatched and were seen clinging to the boards just beneath the nest. The old birds would sometimes enter by the open door, fly straight to the nest and cling to the wall beside it. The quavering voices of the little Swifts would then drown every other sound about the place. In still another case,' a pair of Swifts nested in the dim interior of a shed beside an old saw-mill at Dor- chester, New Hampshire, in June, 1899. This nest was fastened to the boards, well up towards the roof, and an open door formed easy entrance and egress. In at least one respect birds resemble men in their ordinary build- ing operations. They make use of the materials at hand, but in the se- lection of the site for the nest many seem to obey no rule, being ever on the alert to adapt themselves to their lot, and a habit once formed often leads to a steady line of conduct. The English Sparrow has even found a convenient shelf in the hood of the electric arc lamps, and although these are lowered daily to the street, it sticks to its nest over the light. I have seen this impudent little wretch dispossess the Eaves ' This account was given to me by Mr. Robert [. Sim. â ^ Oi)servc(l liiy Professor William Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrat
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