of the nest looking at the extraordinary light that shone 

 from the bank, but I was not able to get a satisfactory pic- 

 ture of her actually feeding the little ones. In fact, most 

 of the time, she would hover over the nest and feed them 

 while a-wing, then drop to the edge and watch either the 

 lens or the light. 



Fig. 47. This Phoebe nest was in an old cellar hole. 



