OUR COUNTRY HOME* 



of great joy. " Now you know how nice it is, you will come down 

 and help yourselves like good children." And little by little, from 

 one tree to another, to the bush, and finally to the grass, down 

 came the babies and were glad. After that, for many weeks, we 

 had the whole family on our hands. They would snatch the fruit 



THE THRUSHES' NEST IN THE TRIANGLE 



on the terrace floor within three feet of us, and they splashed in the 

 hollow boulder and enjoyed themselves hugely. One pair of red- 

 headed woodpeckers stayed here all last winter of course, I am 

 not sure that it was this same one. 



July 9 The wood thrushes sing morning and evening in the 

 deep woods; theirs is the loveliest song of all. I found the nest 



