A BIRDLOVER'S YEAR 



close to the water is the nursery formed f pr 

 the baby dippers and the situation is often 

 such that the parent birds have to fly 

 through falling water in going to and from 

 the nest. With the skylark and the corn- 

 crake we have two open types of nest which 

 are simply slight hollows in the ground, 

 protected by the long grass. 



Such a variety of nests are there, that it is 

 impossible to do more than glance at a few 

 types, and to marvel at the skill which some 

 birds display as builders. 



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