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a family party. And they have a way of keeping 

 together not seen with other birds. 



In late winter and spring you see only pairs 

 together. They begin to talk of family affairs by 



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YOUNG BUSH-TIT. 



January and February, and may be seen hunting 

 nesting-sites, before the frost has left the ground 

 under the hedges. 



The humming-bird builds the smallest nest 

 among the birds, and the bush-tit the largest, 

 compared with the size of the builder. We have 

 seen several of these swinging nests that measure 



