. Bird-lore . seen Robins, in pairs, bathing inthe early dawn of tener than at any other time, in flower-pot saucers on thelawn, arranged to receive the drippings of the hose from the top of its go in and shake their wings up and down, hop out and go in againrepeatedly. I have also seen them do the same thing in the heat of the or three times last autumn, when they were supposed to have left us, Isaw large flocks of a dozen or more bathing in the dusk of early perched on the bushes, and flew around in great excitement; they werenever still for a moment while wait
. Bird-lore . seen Robins, in pairs, bathing inthe early dawn of tener than at any other time, in flower-pot saucers on thelawn, arranged to receive the drippings of the hose from the top of its go in and shake their wings up and down, hop out and go in againrepeatedly. I have also seen them do the same thing in the heat of the or three times last autumn, when they were supposed to have left us, Isaw large flocks of a dozen or more bathing in the dusk of early perched on the bushes, and flew around in great excitement; they werenever still for a moment while waiting a chance to bathe. The three saucerswere always in use. Sparrows, Warblers, Goldfinches, Chickadees, Redstarts, Juncos, alsobathe at intervals all day in warm weather, but I have not seen Vireos nor anyof the larger birds except the Robins. Hummingbirds have been seen to batheby a neighbor, but not by me. They come often to drink the drops at the end ofthe hose,—A. A. DesBrisay, Bridgewater, Nova
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