. Audubon . perches on thetelephone wire outside my window and wakens me with his call each are the Mourning Doves answering each other from distant trees withtheir sad, sweet coo a-coo-coo-coo. The Yellow-headed Blackbirds have joinedthe Redwings. The still leafless treetops have been dotted with tiny featheredballs of golden yellow—dozens of sweet-voiced Goldfinches. But the House-Finches have not returned to the nest-building over which they worked sohappily before the storm. Is it possible that they fell victims to the spring-time blizzard? A Nest-Building Parrot* By MARY B.
. Audubon . perches on thetelephone wire outside my window and wakens me with his call each are the Mourning Doves answering each other from distant trees withtheir sad, sweet coo a-coo-coo-coo. The Yellow-headed Blackbirds have joinedthe Redwings. The still leafless treetops have been dotted with tiny featheredballs of golden yellow—dozens of sweet-voiced Goldfinches. But the House-Finches have not returned to the nest-building over which they worked sohappily before the storm. Is it possible that they fell victims to the spring-time blizzard? A Nest-Building Parrot* By MARY B. SHERMAN, Ogdensburg, N. Y. IN MAY, 1920, two Parrots escaped from their cage. They soon madetheir way to my garden, which has been a bird sanctuary for seventyyears, and throughout the summer spent most of their time in this neigh-borhood. They seemed to find plenty of food in nearby chicken-yards, andthey also fed on the tender green shoots of the trees and delighted in applesas soon as thev were NEST OF THE MONK PARRAKEETBuilt in Ogdensburg, N. Y. Of course, we tried to feed them, but for some time they were very the weather grew cooler they learned where to find food and came daily towindow-sills and piazzas where it was left for them. In July, they began building a nest. The first one was made of twigs veryloosely woven, well camouflaged, as the green leaves were left on the was shaped like a Robins nest and placed on a small branch in a tall maple,about a half a block from my home. It seemed to be completed and I sawone of the Parrots sitting in it, when a strong wind brought it to the ground. *A detailed description of one of the birds, still living, whose interesting history is given in this article,shows it to be the Gray-breasted or Monk Parrakeet (Uyiopsilla monacha) of southern Brazil to Uru-guay, a species noteworthy for communal nest-building habit*.—Ed. (83) 84 Bird - Lore In a few days they commenced a second nesl which was quite diff
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