. The story of hedgerow and pond . Hedgerow Life unless it is already there provided by-accident. Perhaps you may not know that anybirds do nest in holes underground, butquite a number of them do so. A re-treat underneath the ground, and socompletely out of sight, forms a very safeplace when a bird is sitting on its eggs,and thereby more exposed to danger ;and It is especially taken advantage ofby birds which have very brilliant orvery conspicuous plumage—puffins, forinstance, sheldrakes, kingfishers. Butthe consequence is, that when by chancean enemy does invade their burrow, theyare caught i
. The story of hedgerow and pond . Hedgerow Life unless it is already there provided by-accident. Perhaps you may not know that anybirds do nest in holes underground, butquite a number of them do so. A re-treat underneath the ground, and socompletely out of sight, forms a very safeplace when a bird is sitting on its eggs,and thereby more exposed to danger ;and It is especially taken advantage ofby birds which have very brilliant orvery conspicuous plumage—puffins, forinstance, sheldrakes, kingfishers. Butthe consequence is, that when by chancean enemy does invade their burrow, theyare caught in a trap, and are unable toescape; as when a snake or lizard entersa bee-eaters burrow, and swallowswhole the poor bird and its eggs. Besides the generally more or less
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