YeUow-Throat WESTERN BIRDS 



reesiwitte rit, and chitooreet, chitooreet, chitooreet, chu, 

 reminding him of the Kentucky Warbler. 



In southern California the Pacific Yellow-throat is a 

 common resident bird, being found winter or summer in 

 his chosen haunts. This western bird is not at all shy, 

 foraging about in the bushes close beside the watcher, 

 lighting upon a bit of debris, or growth, in the water 

 where his beauty may be fully enjoyed, and going about 

 his everyday affairs, once his curiosity as to your busi- 

 ness has been satisfied. 



In the winter-time these birds often come up to my 

 bird table and help themselves to the suet and other 

 dainties. 



In a little canyon not far from my home I once came 

 upon a pair of these birds that were carrying food into a 

 clump of rank, broad-leaved grasses. This vegetation 

 grew in a depression which after the winter rains was 

 the bed of a small stream, but at this time in June was 

 practically dry. At first the birds protested mildly at 

 our presence but were soon busy at work and the noisy 

 calling of the young, when fed, made locating them 

 easy. Parting the grass, which was as tall as my head 

 in places, we found one of the prettiest nests I have 

 ever seen. It was about two feet from the ground and 

 was fastened onto the brown reeds, much as a Red-wing 

 Blackbird nest, or that of a Tule Wren would have 

 been. The structure itself was entirely made of the same 

 coarse brown reeds. No other material was used and 

 there was no lining. This I did not know until later, 

 for the nest was filled with four tiny, yellow-mouthed 

 (not throated) nestlings. It was a deep nest and the 

 little birds fitted into it so snugly that movement, for 

 anything but their long wobbly necks, was impossible. 

 Seldom have I seen so tight a fit in the bird world as in 

 this little nest. 



As I sat and watched the parents feeding I thought 



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