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BIRD LIFE IN WASHINGTON 
How big Cuckoo manages to get on and 
off of that tiny, shallow, platform-like 
nest without rolling off the eggs is a won¬ 
der. I have since found Cuckoo’s home 
more rudely built than this one and its 
location more exposed. 
It is said that the babies, while they 
are developing their muscles, kick the nest 
to pieces. Before they are ready to fly 
they have little left to sit upon but the 
limb. 
Photo by the Author 
NEST OF CALIFORNIA CUCKOO 
We are proud of our Cuckoo, though, if 
she is not much of an architect, she builds 
her own home and takes care of her own 
children. The English Cuckoo lays her 
eggs in the nests of other birds; one egg 
in this nest and one in that so the little 
orphaned brothers and sisters are sepa- 
