THE CHESTNUT - SIDED WARBLER 



meal worms and began to feed them to the 

 baby birds. The mother objected at first, 

 but after awhile she appeared to know that 

 I would not harm them, and she would look on 

 while I was passing the worms to the birds. 

 After the young birds were out of the nest, 

 and flying around in the shrubbery, I would 

 hunt them up. One bird would come to my 

 finger to eat, but the others were shy and as 

 they grew older they would not remain for 

 the proffered worm. They all drifted away 

 to the huckleberry fields and I lost them until 

 nearly time for migration. Then they came 

 to the water in the dooryard to bathe. My 

 tame bird would take flies and green worms 

 from my hand as of old, but the three others 

 preferred to feed themselves. When the 

 birds returned in migration the next spring, 

 I hunted high and low for my tame warbler 

 but did not find him. The warblers that nest 

 along the old road are quite tame for wild 

 birds. They will come within four feet of an 

 observer. They have attracted the attention 



