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Bird - Lore 



Wren, and she immediately proceeded to 

 tenant the 'upper flat' — in olher words, 

 she began at once to build her nest on the 

 roof of the bungalow. Here she lived 



ROBIN'S NEST ON WRK.X HOUSE 



happily and reared her family of four, which 

 have now flown away. In the accompany- 

 ing print you see her feeding the babies. 



Our Wren failed to appear. Maybe the 

 family upstairs were too noisy to suit her 

 tastes ! — Esther De Boos, Madison, Wis. 



An Unusually-placed Robin Nest 



I think that the readers of Bird-Lore 

 would like to see a pho- 

 tograph of a Robin's 

 nest in what looks to me 

 like an unusual place. 



The nest was begun 

 on May 15, 1917, but 

 when nearly completed, 

 it slid over the edge of 

 its support and remained 

 hanging from the electric- 

 light wires as shown in 

 the picture. The Robins 

 soon went to work and 

 built another one above 

 the old one. On May 21 

 both Robins disappeared 

 and did not return till 



June II. In their absence, upon looking 

 into the nest, a single egg was found. This 

 egg was not disturbed. When the birds re- 

 turned on June 11, they put a few finishing 

 touches to the nest and then went to work 

 in earnest and raised a brood of three. It 

 was interesting to watch the young birds 

 being fed, as the window from which I 

 took the photograph, was only about ten 

 feet from the nest. 



Last spring and part of the summer I 

 kept a little record of the nesting birds 

 on our place (about six acres). I find from 

 this record that the following birds were 

 reared: Four broods of Robins, 13 young; 

 two broods of Wrens, 8 young; two broods 

 of Wood Thrushes, 4 young; one brood 

 of Red-eyed Vireos, 2 young; one brood of 

 Brown Thrushes, 2 young. Two broods 

 of Bluebirds were raised in a bird-house 

 put up by one of our neighbors. 



During the year, my brother and I 

 identified over forty species of birds in 

 this vicinity. This winter we are feeding 

 the birds and also trying to tame the grey 

 squirrels in the hope that they will drive 

 away the red squirrels. We have built and 

 erected ten bird-houses, three of which 

 have been occupied. — Raymond Synnest- 

 vedt, Bryn Athyn, Penna. 



The Deserted Home 



Over the front of the low farm house, 

 climbing with the aid of a trellis above 



AN UNUSUALLY-PLACED ROBIN NEST 



