. American ornithology for the home and school . first flight, and perhaps, ; could not have been ac- i complished without the aid of the strong breeze then blowing. This L* - - ^ youngster was captured THE HOME AT THE WINDOW. and replaced in the nest, but again insisted on leaving and this time took two flights, reaching a pine tree some six rods away. The old birds now ceased feeding the young and began to call them. Another sprang out flying nearly as well as the first, going with the wind. Now one of the old birds came to the roof overhead and the other alighted at the entrance of the box.
. American ornithology for the home and school . first flight, and perhaps, ; could not have been ac- i complished without the aid of the strong breeze then blowing. This L* - - ^ youngster was captured THE HOME AT THE WINDOW. and replaced in the nest, but again insisted on leaving and this time took two flights, reaching a pine tree some six rods away. The old birds now ceased feeding the young and began to call them. Another sprang out flying nearly as well as the first, going with the wind. Now one of the old birds came to the roof overhead and the other alighted at the entrance of the box. I was then at the wandow with my face close to the young, when, as. 356 AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. if by a signal, all sprang out and alighted upon my head, shoulders, andarms much to the delight of the children, who, watching from below, de-clared that I was covered with birds. As I remained motionless theold birds came and piloted the five young to the branches of a pear treenear by, which they reached in the face of the strong breeze. Theone at the end of the branch, he of the bristling crest, is the ambitiousyoungster who made the first long flight. If he lives no doubt we shallhear from him. We left the old birds happily feeding their reunitedfamily in the pear tree. These experiments with the Chickadee haveaccomplished three results. We have induced two individuals of aspecies to change or modify their nesting habits. We have shown thatit is possible to induce another most useful species to accept mansshelter and protection. We have demonstrated that the Chickadee canbe so domesticated by this method that its food and nesting habits maybe readily stu
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