98 NATURE STUDY LESSONS FOR PRIMARY GRADES 



good-by to their home.) How large are they now ? 

 How are they dressed ? (Very much as their 

 parents are dressed, only their vests are spotted 

 instead of plain orange.) How will they get out 

 into the world? (They must learn to fly.) Did 

 you ever watch any young robins learning to fly ? 

 Tell what they did. How did the parents act? 

 Watch for young robins learning to fly this sum- 

 mer, and tell what they do. Do they learn to fly 

 well? 



After the young robins have left the nest, do 

 they go back at night ? (They never go back. But 

 they are not old enough to feed themselves. The 

 parents take care of them after they leave the nest 

 until they learn to take care of themselves.) Tell 

 what you have noticed about the parents feeding 

 these big children of theirs. 



If this was the first brood of the summer, the 

 mamma bird may go to work immediately to build 

 another nest and lay some more eggs. She usually 

 builds this nest near the first one. Sometimes a 

 mamma robin makes three nests in one summer and 

 raises three families. She has little time for rest, 

 aside from that spent on her nest. 



What enemies have the little birds? (The cat 



