. Nature study and life. Nature study. 340 NATURE STUDY AND LIFE. Fig. 135. Bluebird described how robins take mud for their nests from her flowerpots, and Olive Thorne Miller relates that a female robin has been known to dip herself in water, fly directly into the dust of the street, and then pick off the mud from her feet and feathers. When it comes to this, we may be sure that a little help will be appreciated. Several children in the Worcester Ten to One Clubs have put out pans of mud and have been greatly delighted in a number of cases by seeing robins come and carry the mud away. But I h
. Nature study and life. Nature study. 340 NATURE STUDY AND LIFE. Fig. 135. Bluebird described how robins take mud for their nests from her flowerpots, and Olive Thorne Miller relates that a female robin has been known to dip herself in water, fly directly into the dust of the street, and then pick off the mud from her feet and feathers. When it comes to this, we may be sure that a little help will be appreciated. Several children in the Worcester Ten to One Clubs have put out pans of mud and have been greatly delighted in a number of cases by seeing robins come and carry the mud away. But I hope the one who first discovers how to make a nook so inviting that a pair of robins cannot resist the temptation to build their nest in it will tell me, and every one else, all about it. It is almost as hard to do without bluebirds, orioles, and vireos, and a host of others, and if plenty of nest- ing material be provided at the proper time, it is per- haps easier to attract orioles and vireos than any others. They can build in almost any tree and find food in every garden and orchard. Hence abundance of nesting mate- rial, linen and cotton thread and strings, store twine, yarn, A rout of evanescence With a revolving wheel; A resonance of emerald, A rush of cochineal; And every blossom on the bush Adjusts her tumbled head, — The mail from Tunis, probably. An easy morning's ride. Emilv Dickinson, Second Series, p. 130. A flash of harmless lightning, A mist of rainbow dyes. The burnished sunbeams brightening, From flower to Hower he flies ; While wakes the nodding blossom, But just too late to see What lip hath touched her bosom And drained her nectary'. John B. Tabb, p. 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 Hodge, Clifton Fremont, 1859-. Boston and London, Ginn & Co.
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