WOOD PEWEE: Nest is usually placed in a fork of the large branches of 

 an oak tree, and sometimes saddled on a large limb. The Wood Pewee 

 prefers open woods of hardwood growth, free from underbrush and 

 where the oaks predominate. The nest is an exquisite piece of work- 

 manship, and the outside is usually studded with lichens. 



RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD: Nest is usually saddled on the dead limb 

 of a hardwood tree, sometimes in the forest, often in the apple orchard. 

 It is one of the most beautiful bits of bird architecture, and simulates a 

 knot or excrescence on a branch so closely, that the observer would pass 

 it by unnoticed, did not the bird by angry buzzing about, betray her 

 secret. 



BIRDS THAT NEST IN BUSHES AND 

 THICK SHRUBBERY 



WOOD THRUSH: While this species is more or less of a woodland bird, 

 it frequently appears about country estates possessing an abundance of 

 shrubbery, particularly that bordering a small stream or artificial pond. 

 Among this shrubbery, or in the fork of a small sapling in moist woods, 

 the nest is built. 



CATBIRD: The nest of this species is often built in a thick clump of 

 shrubbery near the house, such as lilac bushes, azaleas, and syringas. 

 Clumps of high bush blueberries, and other shrubs of dense growth are 

 also favorite nesting sites of this bird, especially about the borders of 

 wet meadows and sluggish brooks. 



BROWN THRASHER: This species is not as fond of nesting near our homes 

 as is its cousin the Catbird, preferring to build its nest among the thick 

 clumps of scrubby growth of huckleberry bushes, scrub oaks and other 

 dense cover, of wild pasture land, both upland and swamp. After the 

 young are hatched the parent birds come about our gardens and lawns 

 searching for insect food for the young birds, and to indulge in the 

 pleasures of the bird bath. 



CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER: The nest of this species is placed in the fork 

 of a small hardwood sapling. Young sprout growth of birches, and maples 

 being frequently chosen for this purpose, as well as hazelnut, huckle- 

 berry, and other small bushes in swampy meadows. 



YELLOW WARBLER: The nest of this species is placed in the fork of a 

 small low-growing tree or bush of various hardwood species near the 

 borders of swampy meadows, and sometimes midst the shrubbery near 

 our homes. 



FIELD SPARROW: Nests in low growth of bushy uplands and fields, and 

 occasionally the nest is placed upon the ground. 



CHIPPING SPARROW: Nest of this species is built not only in clumps of 

 shrubbery, but also in apple trees, cedars and firs. 



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