24 BIRD BIOGRAPHIES 



to work to either repair the old nests, 

 or build new ones. 



THE BUILDING OF THE NESTS. 



A perfect Buzzard's nest is a very finely 

 constructed thing, but there are few nests 

 which vary so much in construction. 

 Some are very large, well made and 

 lined, while others consist of a few sticks 

 and pieces of wool placed in an untidy 

 manner on a ledge. Each pair of birds 

 usually make two nests in the same 

 dingle or wood ; on one or two occasions 

 I have found three. 



As soon as a pair of birds leave the 

 flock, they at once commence repairing 

 the old nests or building new ones. If 

 the weather has been warm, at the end 

 of February and early in March they 

 begin to carry sticks to the ledge or tree 

 which has been selected. Then if another 

 spell of cold weather sets in, the nest 

 building is neglected ; but at the end of 



