. The home life of wild birds; a new method of the study and photography of birds. Birds; Photography of birds. 54 Wild Birds. During the month of July a pair began to collect nesting material in an apple tree in full view from our porch, and I frequently watched them at work through an opera-glass, and once or twice passed under their tree. This inspection of their private affairs pleased them so little that they left their completed nest, and moved to the adjoining field a few rods away, where there was less publicity, and where five eggs hatched out on the twenty- . of August. A nest
. The home life of wild birds; a new method of the study and photography of birds. Birds; Photography of birds. 54 Wild Birds. During the month of July a pair began to collect nesting material in an apple tree in full view from our porch, and I frequently watched them at work through an opera-glass, and once or twice passed under their tree. This inspection of their private affairs pleased them so little that they left their completed nest, and moved to the adjoining field a few rods away, where there was less publicity, and where five eggs hatched out on the twenty- . of August. A nest built in a young oak tree in a remote clearing was discovered on August 7th, when it contained a single egg. I did not see the old birds on this occasion and heard but a faint sound, which was evidently a murmur of remonstrance since their nest was prompth' for- saken. I have camped beside four different nests of the Cedar Waxwings, and after having spent nearl)-' a week in watching the behavior of both old and 3'oung birds at short range, feel that I know by heart most of their nesting habits. There is a certain rou- tine or etiquette which is observed by all birds at the nests. Certain duties must be performed over and over, such as the capture of prey, bringing it and dis- tributing it to the young, inspecting and cleaning the household, besides brooding the young, es- pecially during the early da\'s of life in the nest. To record each visit made and every recurring act performed bv the birds would make tedi- ous reading, but strange \.o say it never seems monotonous to the obser\'ei-. ^\s the young birds grow older, and begin to stand on the rim of the nest, they furnish ample excitement, and A\'hile their theme is always the same, it is delivered with innumerable variations. The method nf controlling the nesting site was first suggested by some Cedar-birds, wlujse nest of four eggs was in a thorn-apple bush, and about seven feet from the ground The main stem supp(-jrting t
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