. Nestlings of forest and marsh, by Irene Grosvenor Wheelock; . rs catbird or tumble-down crow nest !There was nt a thing in it! He was merelylooking to see whether a squirrel had left anut there. Finally, as if to convince me, heflew away from the tree entirely. Notwithstanding all their dash and bold-ness, the blue jays do not defend their homesfrom human hands, as do many other smallerbirds, seeming to prefer stratagem. A187 NESTLINGS OF FOREST AND MARSH mother jay will usually leave without pro-test if there are only eggs in the nest, and ifthere are young shecontents herself withsquawking
. Nestlings of forest and marsh, by Irene Grosvenor Wheelock; . rs catbird or tumble-down crow nest !There was nt a thing in it! He was merelylooking to see whether a squirrel had left anut there. Finally, as if to convince me, heflew away from the tree entirely. Notwithstanding all their dash and bold-ness, the blue jays do not defend their homesfrom human hands, as do many other smallerbirds, seeming to prefer stratagem. A187 NESTLINGS OF FOREST AND MARSH mother jay will usually leave without pro-test if there are only eggs in the nest, and ifthere are young shecontents herself withsquawking in close imi-tation of a catbirdsmeouw. And whathomely babiesare those newlyhatched jays !Of a sicklygreenish color,their skinseems tough,like leather. Itis impossible todescribe them Nests devastated by jays. Upper, red-eyed vireo. m SufficientlyLower, indigo bunting repellent look as if they had been dead for daysand were mummified. Have the parent jaysno sense of beauty, I wonder, that they regardthese ugly nestlings with such tender pride ^188. DR. JEKYLL The nest is coarser than that of a catbird,and with small pretence at lining, yet bothmale and female work assiduously in build-ing it. Usually it is well concealed ; oftenin an evergreen, sometimes in fruit trees,sometimes in tall hazel-bushes ; but I havenever found one in a thorn-bush. Since thenest often resembles that of the thrasherand catbird in material used, it seems a littlestrange that their favorite nesting-places areso persistently shunned. Is it possible thedashing jay feels himself so able to defendthat he scorns such artificial protection forhis home ? As soon as the young jays are large enoughto leave the nest, they develop all the pug-nacity and fearlessness of their scarcely able to balance on their un-certain little legs, they will meet any advancewith a defiant peck. For several weeksthey keep close to the father night and day,learning all his sly tricks and villanousways. I hav
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