. Pictures of bird life : on woodland meadow, mountain and marsh . and a r es t r o n g 1 >,a 1 ni o s tr o u g h 1 y .made — amost appro-priate andfittinir home. Greater Whitethroat (Sylvia cincrea). for sucli a Ijold, liardysongster, whieli braA es thewildest weather with itsclicerv song. The Missel-thrnsli ap-pears to lia\e no fear wliennestin-. and will drive awayany bird, whatever its size,if it Aentures too near. Iliave se^•eraltimes beenbanIked of])hotograph-i n g s o m eother specieswhen I liavei n a d a e r t -ently liiddennp near aMissel-thrnshs nest. Bothbirds ha\e persistentlymo
. Pictures of bird life : on woodland meadow, mountain and marsh . and a r es t r o n g 1 >,a 1 ni o s tr o u g h 1 y .made — amost appro-priate andfittinir home. Greater Whitethroat (Sylvia cincrea). for sucli a Ijold, liardysongster, whieli braA es thewildest weather with itsclicerv song. The Missel-thrnsli ap-pears to lia\e no fear wliennestin-. and will drive awayany bird, whatever its size,if it Aentures too near. Iliave se^•eraltimes beenbanIked of])hotograph-i n g s o m eother specieswhen I liavei n a d a e r t -ently liiddennp near aMissel-thrnshs nest. Bothbirds ha\e persistentlymobl^ed me, and made suchan uproar witli tlieir scolding as to])lainly betray my presenceto e\ cry bird within Song - thrush, inspite of the enormous Bird Lite in a Suburban Parish Oi nuinbcr of its nests wliich are destroyed by Ijoys and vermin(one is almost tempted to write boys and otlier vermin)in tlie early part of the year, is still one of tlie eommonestof onr native birds. In tlie early hours of tlie niornin(>, andagain in the evenin<4-, it mounts to the topmost spray ofsome tree and ])()urs forth its pleasant s()n
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