Bird Life in Washington 
THE WESTERN ROBIN 
Two Robins 1 nests are in the low fir 
trees near my kitchen windows. This is 
the twenty-fifth of June and the parents 
have been carrying worms to their babies 
for several days. One is gathering within 
a few feet of me. He has five worms in 
his mouth and is still hunting. Were it 
not for his babies I should be tempted to 
let him gather for my fishhook. 
This is probably the second family 
these birds have reared this season, for 
the Western Robin arrives early. Indeed 
many of them remain throughout the year. 
He builds his nest of coarse grass stems, 
a few small sticks and some cord if he can 
get it. He lines it with fine grasses. The 
outside and the lining are plastered to¬ 
gether with mud. 
The nest is placed on the limb of an 
apple tree, fir tree, or cherry tree; close 
to the body of the tree or far out on the 
branches; high up or low down. Indeed 
the kind of a tree or the location in it, 
bothers Robin but very little. It is so 
