. Camera studies of wild birds in their homes . Birds; Photography of birds. 176 food that was brought, although, occasionally a caterpillar or a hard-shelled beetle would be brought in. Nearly all their food was gathered from the ground, in fact many times they would have pieces of grass also in their beaks, that they had accidentally pulled up while seizing the in- Fig. 152. YOUNG FIELD SPARROWS. On the twelfth day after the eggs hatched, the nest was empt}'; the young were near bj' for the parents were anx- iously calling, but we were able to find but two of them. Grasshopper Sparro
. Camera studies of wild birds in their homes . Birds; Photography of birds. 176 food that was brought, although, occasionally a caterpillar or a hard-shelled beetle would be brought in. Nearly all their food was gathered from the ground, in fact many times they would have pieces of grass also in their beaks, that they had accidentally pulled up while seizing the in- Fig. 152. YOUNG FIELD SPARROWS. On the twelfth day after the eggs hatched, the nest was empt}'; the young were near bj' for the parents were anx- iously calling, but we were able to find but two of them. Grasshopper Sparrow. This is one of the most inconspicuous of all sparrows. The bird itself is of a rather shy nature and seldom allows one to approach sufficiently near to study it in detail with- out the aid of a good field glass. Its song is just a weak insect-like chirping or rather buzzing, a sound that would es-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Reed, Chester A. (Chester Albert), 1876-1912. Worcester, Mass : Reed
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