. Birds of the water, wood & waste . Fantai. The Waxeye lEBOUCHING on to the flatupon which the Tutira houseis built is one minature gorgeand several smaller valleys,or dens, each sheltering itsown trickle stream. Yet these insig-nificant rivulets it is that have createdthe flat, for in winter rains, and whenthe hill sides are slipping, avalanchesof mud and water are carried down andstones, weighing hundredweights, rolled forscores of yards. One great slip in thenineties came down close to the house,filled all the open drains, washed throughthe stockyard into the garden and tenniscourt, and ev
. Birds of the water, wood & waste . Fantai. The Waxeye lEBOUCHING on to the flatupon which the Tutira houseis built is one minature gorgeand several smaller valleys,or dens, each sheltering itsown trickle stream. Yet these insig-nificant rivulets it is that have createdthe flat, for in winter rains, and whenthe hill sides are slipping, avalanchesof mud and water are carried down andstones, weighing hundredweights, rolled forscores of yards. One great slip in thenineties came down close to the house,filled all the open drains, washed throughthe stockyard into the garden and tenniscourt, and even inundated the back roomof the house with its mud puddle of finesilt. These valleys, as far as possible, havebeen allowed to remain unspoiled and uncutand to act as bird sanctuaries. Resident 136 BIRDS OF THE WATER always in them are several small species,the Waxeye, Fantail, and Warbler, with,so to say, the wilderness behind them intowhich they can at any time retire. Out of these wilds, pairs and parties ofWaxeyes are constantly coming
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