THF. AUDUBON' BUI. I. K.TIN 



Nesting Sites 



By William Barber, Kenosha, Wis. 



A NEST of the red-winged blackbird was found made of chufa 

 and bayonet grass, attached to stalks of calamus, and con- 

 ^ taining three greenish, black-speckled eggs. The parent birds 

 gave me a most vociferous and noisy reception when I approached 

 the nest. 



The next nest was that of a pair of blue birds in an old fence post. 

 The mother bluebird was shy and tried to lead me away from her babes. 



In a hawthorn tree nearby another pair of bluebirds was teaching 

 their family of three to fly. This pair was more active, and fearlesslv 

 tried to drive me awav. 



The third nest was right out in the open, built on the ends of a couple 

 of fence posts in a pile of posts only a few feet from a railroad, with no 

 shelter above it. The bottom of nest was attached to the posts by a 

 neat job of masonry, in construction quite similar to the mud construc- 

 tion of the barn swallow. 



Photo by Wm. Barber. Kenosha, Wis. 



Redwing Blackbird's Nest 



Photo by Wm. Barber, Kenosha, Wi? 

 Bluebird's Nest 



