. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state. Birds -- Ohio. 3*6 THE PHCEBE. Nesting is, of course, the absorbing business of all migrant birds during their summer residence, but in few of them is devotion to the rearing of young, and attachment to a chosen locality carried to a higher degree than in the case of Phcebe. Two or three broods are often raised by these birds in a season, and the same pair will return to a favorite culvert or outbuilding year after year. A recent writer tells of a pair which built nests along the
. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state. Birds -- Ohio. 3*6 THE PHCEBE. Nesting is, of course, the absorbing business of all migrant birds during their summer residence, but in few of them is devotion to the rearing of young, and attachment to a chosen locality carried to a higher degree than in the case of Phcebe. Two or three broods are often raised by these birds in a season, and the same pair will return to a favorite culvert or outbuilding year after year. A recent writer tells of a pair which built nests along the lintel of a door for six successive years, until the place was crowded full of nests in various degrees of Formerly Phcebes nested entirely along streams, placing their nest on a convenient ledge of rock jutting out from some moss-covered bank, which was kept damp by the spray of falling water; or else attaching them to the sides of small caves. This habit still persists in many parts of our state, and nests are to be commonly found along shale-cliffs and in sand-stone grottoes or old quarry-holes. But Phcebes have also adopted the ways of civilization, and. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Dawson, William Leon, 1873-1928; Jones, Lynds, b. 1865. Columbus, Wheaton Pub. Co.
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