Glendale, Berkshire County, Mass.
1902.
June 28
(No 2)
probably in the hope that they might by so doing escape our
notice. They crowded the nest to its utmost capacity and
the coloring of their upper parts - a deep, rich red brown - 
closely matched that of the mud-soaked leaves which formed
its outer surface. It was the largest Water Thrush's nest that
I have ever seen; indeed I do not think that the crown
of an ordinary hat would have contained half its total bulk.
It was also unusually conspicuous for the nest of a Water Thrush
being placed in a low bank (scarce two feet high) which the
owner of the pond had dug in the hillside to obtain
gravel for his dam. This bank was vertical or even
overreaching at several points but the birds had scratched a
place where it merely sloped at a steep angle and had
built their nest on a slight projection or knot scarce
a foot above the level ground beneath and wholly 
unprotected from observation from above.
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