. Camera studies of wild birds in their homes . Figs. 213, 214, 215. SOME VIEWS AT THE NEST HOLE. gaunt grayed branches pointing upward. On the tip of oneof these was Sir Wren. At the very moment that I sightedhim, he lifted his head, swelled his throat and the liquidnotes just trickled through his vibrating mandibles; almostat the same instant a gleam of black and white flashedthrough the air and he dodged just in time to escape thesavage rush of a Downy Woodpecker. Alighting on anotherstump, the wren again burst into song, only to be pursuedby the Downy as before. Downy Woodpeckers are usual
. Camera studies of wild birds in their homes . Figs. 213, 214, 215. SOME VIEWS AT THE NEST HOLE. gaunt grayed branches pointing upward. On the tip of oneof these was Sir Wren. At the very moment that I sightedhim, he lifted his head, swelled his throat and the liquidnotes just trickled through his vibrating mandibles; almostat the same instant a gleam of black and white flashedthrough the air and he dodged just in time to escape thesavage rush of a Downy Woodpecker. Alighting on anotherstump, the wren again burst into song, only to be pursuedby the Downy as before. Downy Woodpeckers are usually peaceable birds. Butone thing could cause the strange actions of this one,—anest. Sure enough, about half way up in the larger of the 254-
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