. Everyday birds; . A DOWNY WOODPECKER. A BRANCH ESTABLISHMENT WINTER PENSIONERS 89 The crumbs prove to be appetizing, and bythe time he has swallowed a few of them heseems to forget how he came in, and instead ofbacking out, as a reasonable being like a chick-adee might be expected to do, he flies to anotherlight of the bay window. Then, lest he shouldinjure himself, I must get up and catch him andshow him to the door. By the time I have donethis two or three times within half an hour, Ibegin to find it an interruption to other work,and put down the window. White-breasted nut-hatches and down
. Everyday birds; . A DOWNY WOODPECKER. A BRANCH ESTABLISHMENT WINTER PENSIONERS 89 The crumbs prove to be appetizing, and bythe time he has swallowed a few of them heseems to forget how he came in, and instead ofbacking out, as a reasonable being like a chick-adee might be expected to do, he flies to anotherlight of the bay window. Then, lest he shouldinjure himself, I must get up and catch him andshow him to the door. By the time I have donethis two or three times within half an hour, Ibegin to find it an interruption to other work,and put down the window. White-breasted nut-hatches and downies come often to the outer sill,but only the chickadees ever venture inside. These three are our daily pensioners. If theyare all in the tree together, as they very oftenare, they take precedence at the larder accordingto their size. No nuthatch presumes to hurrya woodpecker, and no chickadee ever thinks ofdisturbing a nuthatch. He may fret audibly,calling the other fellow greedy, for aught I know,and asking him if he wants the earth;
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