. Animal snapshots and how made . cubation began, thefirst young robin appeared, and two days later theother three eggs were hatched. The young birdsgrew very rapidly, and in twelve days were ready toleave the nest. During the time the young were inthe nest the old birds constantly took food from theboard, particularly worms. The young robins werequite tame at first, but, as time went on, graduallygrew wilder, and finally disappeared altogether onJune fifteenth. We often saw the female about thehouse, and the first week in July the old nest was usedagain for a second brood, which was reared wi
. Animal snapshots and how made . cubation began, thefirst young robin appeared, and two days later theother three eggs were hatched. The young birdsgrew very rapidly, and in twelve days were ready toleave the nest. During the time the young were inthe nest the old birds constantly took food from theboard, particularly worms. The young robins werequite tame at first, but, as time went on, graduallygrew wilder, and finally disappeared altogether onJune fifteenth. We often saw the female about thehouse, and the first week in July the old nest was usedagain for a second brood, which was reared withoutaccident. There being no distinguishing marks on the male,he was lost sight of on August twentieth. The femalewas last seen on September twenty-sixth. The dis-appearance of the old birds ended the observations forthe year. The results had been successful beyond 212 The Robin my expectations. I hoped to carry the study fartherthe next season, and assist my young friend in answer-ing the question which is so hard to answer, Do. Young Robins Thirteen Days Old birds return to the same nesting place year after year,and do they remember their human friends ? The most direct benefit of the study, aside fromthe knowledge gained, was the conversion of the The Robin 213 boy egg-collector into a protector of birds; and strangeas it may seem, his first real interest came with thekeeping of notes. During the following winter the old nest was blownfrom the lilac bush. When March came, we kept acareful watch for the robins, and by the fifteenthseveral had been seen. On March twentieth one ofour old friends appeared. It was the female, unmis-takable because of her peculiar markings. She seemedas tame as when she left on her fall migration. Fora week she remained about the lawn and old orchard,and then disappeared for a few days, but on Aprilsixth returned with her mate and began a nest in abush close by the house. Only one brood was rearedthis season. The following spring she returned and
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