Hedgerow Life 
broods make them too busy to have 
time for singing. 
It is truly a wonderful performance, if 
you think of it, for a small bird like the 
feeble little chiff-chaff or the slender 
willow-wren to make its way from Africa 
to our shores every spring and to return 
the same way every autumn, with only 
its wings and its brave spirit to help it. 
And after it has endured all the toil and 
weariness, and the many dangers, no 
wonder it feels inclined to rejoice and 
be glad. The lesser whitethroat, too, 
is another tiny traveller, whose nest may 
be found in the topmost twigs of the 
tall hedges. It is in the form of a very 
open shallow cup of dried grasses. 
Although such a small bird, it has 
plenty of pluck, and sometimes will 
scold vigorously if you go too near its 
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