Vireos Awake and Asleep 



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Upon visiting the site of this nest on the following day, one 

 of the young birds was discovered in the grass less than two 

 rods from its empty nest. It was calling loudly for food, and 

 the old birds were tending it. A few hours later I returned in 

 the nick of time to save its life by the capture of a large garter 

 snake, which in some way had discovered its opportunity. 



Fig. 65. Young Red-eyed Vireos, shown in Fig. 64, leaving the nest. No. 

 14 of table, Chapter I. 



Another Red-eyed Vireo's nest was detected by the sharp 

 eyes of a little girl beside our house, and close to a well-trodden 

 path. It was suspended to a forked twig of the sugar maple, 

 and in order to disturb it as little as possible the tent was 

 mounted on a raised platform five feet from the ground, while 

 a tall photographic screen was erected at the back (Fig. 42). 



When the young Vireos were a week old I began to watch 

 their nesting habits at night more closely, and found that, 

 while the male apparently roosted near by, the female invariably 



