. Animal snapshots and how made . two weeks he was to be found there nearlyevery day, Betty, however, was the more regular ofthe two. The owls never seemed to be hungry, butthis I accounted for by the fact that in the next yardthere were several evergreens, where English spar-rows roosted and nested in considerable numbers. Vacation time came and passed, and when I re-turned, Billy was not in, but Betty was at home andhad grown both in stature and in beauty during myabsence. It seemed to me that the sparrows hadgreatly diminished in number, much to my joy. Ina few days Billy returned, and he t
. Animal snapshots and how made . two weeks he was to be found there nearlyevery day, Betty, however, was the more regular ofthe two. The owls never seemed to be hungry, butthis I accounted for by the fact that in the next yardthere were several evergreens, where English spar-rows roosted and nested in considerable numbers. Vacation time came and passed, and when I re-turned, Billy was not in, but Betty was at home andhad grown both in stature and in beauty during myabsence. It seemed to me that the sparrows hadgreatly diminished in number, much to my joy. Ina few days Billy returned, and he too had grown tobe a beauty. During the autumn and early winter they were tobe found the greater part of the time in their snughouse in the cherry tree, but occasionally one orboth would be absent for two or three days at a is now the first of February 1905, and the little owlsare still at home. I hope that they are rightlynamed, Billy and Betty, and that when springarrives they will decide to nest in their present
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