40 Baby Birds at Home 



in remote ages, when its haunts north of the 

 Tweed were covered with trees, it bred in 

 them, but when the forests disappeared, it 

 adapted itself to conditions as it found them. 



The nest is made of sticks, twigs, dry sea- 

 weed and heather, with an inner lining of 

 moss, wool, and hair. 



The eggs number from three to six, and 

 are greyish green in colour, spotted with 

 different shades of greenish brown. 



Baby Grey Crows are very ugly little 

 creatures when they are hatched, but in 

 course of time grow quite handsome. 



When they have left the nest, and before 

 they can fly far, they sit about on rocks, and 

 if they should happen to catch sight of one 

 of their parents, ever so far off, up go their 

 heads, and with widely opened mouths they 

 begin to call " Yah! Yah! Yah!" In Norway 

 they do this whilst sitting about on the 

 branches of trees, and thus frequently betray 

 their presence. 



During hard weather in the winter Hoody 

 Crows may often be seen walking along the 

 seashore looking for food, and it does not 

 matter whether they come upon a dead fish 

 or a tired bird they will make a meal off it. 



