SOME OF THE WILD THINGS 



Thirty-two minutes after the first alarm, 

 all the birds had disappeared, excepting two 

 red-eyed vireos. The vireos continued to scold 

 vigorously. The owl had intruded on their 

 nesting-ground. Not twenty feet away a 



OWL CHASED. 



vireo's nest swung lightly from the horizontal 

 limb of a red beech. It seemed to me that the 

 owl suspected the presence of the nest, for he 

 thrust out his head and swung it from side 

 to side as if searching for something. After 

 awhile he discovered the nest, and flew to the 

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