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reeds. I noticed a noise going on near 

 my head, and turning slowly, I found to 

 my surprise that a pair of Wrens were 

 actually building their nest a few inches 

 from my head ! I kept as still as I 

 could, and they worked all through the 

 day, and when I left they had built 

 quite a large amount of their home. 

 The following day they still kept at 

 work, taking no notice of me, and event- 

 ually eggs were laid in the nest, the 

 young appeared, and I secured a good 

 series of photographs of the parents 

 feeding them. 



The Nature lover equipped, as I have 

 stated, with patience, will be more than 

 repaid for all the trouble he or she takes, 

 and the hours you spend with the birds 

 will not have been wasted, for all the 

 time you are learning something new 

 from the great and ever-changing book 

 of Nature. 



