What Birds Do for Us 



insect hunt throughout a long sojourn among us, 

 coming when the first insects emerge in the spring 

 and not wholly giving up the chase until the 

 last die or become dormant with the coming of 

 winter. What could a little warbler do with tent 

 caterpillars, for example? But slim, large cuckoos 

 glide among the leafy branches and count them- 



"Most birds will not touch the hairy kind" 

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