THE BIRD SUPPLY 

 There is — or was a few years ago — a hollow cypress 

 tree standing on the edge of Big Lake in North Caro- 

 lina which was used by a pair of Chimney Swifts, and 

 it made one feel as if he were living in primitive times 

 to see these little dark birds dart downward into a 

 hollow tree, miles and miles away from any friendly 

 chimney. Some day I hope to revisit the region and 

 find this natural nesting hollow still occupied by a 

 pair of unmodernized Swifts. 



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