. Camera studies of wild birds in their homes . Birds; Photography of birds. lis can onljf be conjectured, hut I presume from the actions of other birds under somewhat simiL-ir circumstances, that she stayed "aboard" the nest and let the cars go over her. Another pair of Robins liked city life. They chose a spot in the very heart of a large city, where there were large lawns from which they could easily extract the earth worms so palatable to Robins, young and old, and also near a large mulberry tree; with these two handv sources of food. Pig. 97. I WONDER IF THIS WILL SATISFY HIM. s
. Camera studies of wild birds in their homes . Birds; Photography of birds. lis can onljf be conjectured, hut I presume from the actions of other birds under somewhat simiL-ir circumstances, that she stayed "aboard" the nest and let the cars go over her. Another pair of Robins liked city life. They chose a spot in the very heart of a large city, where there were large lawns from which they could easily extract the earth worms so palatable to Robins, young and old, and also near a large mulberry tree; with these two handv sources of food. Pig. 97. I WONDER IF THIS WILL SATISFY HIM. supply the}' felt that they had an ideal location. The only objection was the numbers of English Sparrows that are al- ways present in cities. The ruffians and our native song and insectivorous birds, through no fault of the latter, can seldom live peaceably in the same neighborhood. I think that these Robins may have previously met with the same misfortune that befell the pair that I will next tell about, and decided that the best way to avoid further trouble from that source was to trust to the protection of mankind. At. 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 Reed, Chester A. (Chester Albert), 1876-1912. Worcester, Mass : Reed
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