. American ornithology for the home and school . of timber, will be a great inducement for one or two pair ofLouisiana Water Thrushes to use the banks or roots of overturnedtrees along its course as their summer residence. This bird is of a retiring disposition, yet not averse to making itspresence known but not often seen, and arrives in this locality aboutthe middle of April. The male arrives first, but is soon followed bythe female. At this time it will be seen feeding along the banks of thestream, flying just ahead of you, and when on the ground, bobbing itsbody up and down resembling in m
. American ornithology for the home and school . of timber, will be a great inducement for one or two pair ofLouisiana Water Thrushes to use the banks or roots of overturnedtrees along its course as their summer residence. This bird is of a retiring disposition, yet not averse to making itspresence known but not often seen, and arrives in this locality aboutthe middle of April. The male arrives first, but is soon followed bythe female. At this time it will be seen feeding along the banks of thestream, flying just ahead of you, and when on the ground, bobbing itsbody up and down resembling in many ways the Tipup or SpottedSandpiper. When suddenly disturbed while feeding, it will utter a 226 AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY scolding chip and fly into a bush ahead of you, scolding at you as longas you are near their chosen haunts. Later when the nest is completedand the female is setting, the male will perch on the top of a tree andsing as though he were trying to burst his throat, not near the nest,but within hearing distance of the female on NEST AND EGGS OF LA. Photo by The last week of April or the first day of May the birds begin themating, and the woods then seem alive with them, as it is evident thatthe male who can sing the loudest or longest, is chosen by the love-making over, their first duty is the finding of a nesting site,which, as in most cases of this kind, seems a most vexing is an upturned tree with a nice hollow in the dirt at the rootswhere some of it has fallen out or where a stone once rested; closebeside the stream there is a bank with the sod hanging over form-ing a roof; just beyond this is a bank sparingly covered with grassesand ferns hanging down; under the ferns is a nice hollow that with alittle work may be suitable. We will suppose they have selected the hollow in the root, aftermuch chirping and many examinations. It may need some slight alter-ations, such as removing the loose dirt or enlarging; this be
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