. Bird-lore . ow Hawks. Butthe Sparrow Hawks were frightened away twoweeks later by the too great prominence of theposition. Later a pair of Screech Owls adoptedit for their home. Last winter we took the boxdown and carried it to the barn, to serve asa model for making other boxes. On opening itwe found a live owl inside. Phoebe, which was built under the cornice of the piazza, within reach of myhand. We had a little school in the morning at the house, and ten childrenwere continually running up and down the piazza, shouting at the top of theirvoices, but the Phoebe went on building her nest,
. Bird-lore . ow Hawks. Butthe Sparrow Hawks were frightened away twoweeks later by the too great prominence of theposition. Later a pair of Screech Owls adoptedit for their home. Last winter we took the boxdown and carried it to the barn, to serve asa model for making other boxes. On opening itwe found a live owl inside. Phoebe, which was built under the cornice of the piazza, within reach of myhand. We had a little school in the morning at the house, and ten childrenwere continually running up and down the piazza, shouting at the top of theirvoices, but the Phoebe went on building her nest, then hatched her eggs andfed her young without fear, though she could see everyone and everyone couldsee her. I was also surprised to find how friendly birds, even of the same species, canbecome. For instance, we had fourteen pairs of Wrens on a single acre, someof the nests being not more than fifteen feet apart. We also had Robins nest-ing only twelve yards apart. The Bluebirds, on the other hand, do not Uke. A FLICKER WAS NESTING IN BOX AND DID NOT STIR, THOUGH THEREWERE FIVE CHILDREN IN THE TREE AND FOUR BELOW WHEN THISPHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN. (June 7 1914) (81) 82 Bird-Lore each other and would not tolerate another pair of Bluebirds nearer than looyards. The first year we had no Flickers, but there was a pair nesting in an oldapple tree on our neighbors property. During the winter the tree was blowndown and our oldest son obtained permission to get it. He cut out the portionof the tree which contained the nest, cleaned out the hole, and then hung the
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