32 Baby Birds at Home 



the mountains of Norway, they are by no 

 means hardy birds. In fact, they are rather 

 delicate, and amongst the first of our 

 feathered friends to creep into holes and 

 die during long periods of hard frost. 



The song of the Redwing is a very poor 

 affair when compared with that of the 

 common thrush. It consists of two or three 

 oft-repeated notes, and is apt to grow weari- 

 some when one hears nothing else in a lonely 

 forest. 



The nest is generally placed in a juniper 

 or other low bush, and both it and the eggs 

 resemble those of the blackbird, excepting 

 for the fact that they are smaller. 



Baby Redwings behave just like young 

 song thrushes. If a twig should shake near 

 the nest, every head is thrust high in the 

 air and each little mouth is opened wide in 

 request of a tit-bit. 



The parent birds both protest loudly if 

 you find and examine their little home. 

 The cock will sometimes fly straight at you 

 as if he intended to strike you in the face, 

 but generally rises over your head, upon 

 getting quite close, and, alighting in a birch 

 tree, scolds loudly against your intrusion. 



