Hedgerow Life 
sea-bird something like a sea-gull, which 
flies straight at your head like a bullet 
out of a gun; and the other is an owl. 
The tawny owl, or brown owl, which 
lives in the woods, has often been 
known to attack people who are merely 
passing near the nest in the evening. 
Perhaps they didn’t know there was a 
nest near at all, but all of a sudden the 
angry bird has swooped down and given 
them a smart blow on the head, or 
perhaps seized their cap and carried it 
off. 
But all the birds, little and big, which 
remain sitting on their eggs when they 
could so easily fly away, as they would 
certainly do at any other time, show a 
great deal of courage. Some of them will 
permit you to stroke them, and many 
will allow you to approach quite close to 
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