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Bird - Lore 



A PAIR OF ROBINS 



In the spring of 1918, a pair of Robins built a nest and reared a brood of 

 four young birds in a tin pan that was under the wagon-shed between the 

 revolving hay-rake and the studding. The shed was open to the south, and the 

 pan about six feet from the open and six feet from the ground. We used the 

 shed almost every day for bunching rhubarb and asparagus. At first the birds 

 were timid, but they soon became quite tame. The mother bird would stay 

 on her nest until you almost could touch her with your hand, but the male 

 bird was always shy. 



They could tell when a stranger came and would invariably make an out- 

 cry and leave the nest for a little while. After the little ones were large enough 

 to leave the nest and fly around, they remained in the vicinity until fully 

 fledged. 



In 1919, the same pair of Robins came back, and after a careful inspection 

 of their old nesting-place, concluded to make their home in a maple tree that 

 stood close to the open shed, and there they built a nest and reared their 

 young. Will they come back in 1920? I certainly hope so. — C. B. Fish, 

 Plainview, L. I., N. Y. 



[This is a good example of the comradeship of birds. We all get a great deal of inno- 

 cent pleasure from the birds that nest about our dwellings and hope that they will come 

 back to us the following years. Those who do not have birds nesting near their. dwell- 

 ings miss much of that which makes a perfect home. — A. A. A.] 



RESULTS OF A BIRD-HOUSE COMPETITION AT SARATOGA SPRINGS, UNDER THE 

 DIRECTION OF MISS KATE McCLOSKEY 



