Identifier: birdlore121910nati (find matches)
Title: Bird lore
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: National Committee of the Audubon Societies of America National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild Birds and Animals National Audubon Society
Subjects: Birds Birds Ornithology
Publisher: New York City : Macmillan Co.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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e-trough. On April 18 the nest appeared to be completed, for no more materials werebrought. On the 2 2d the female began sitting. I could see her tail extendingover one side of the nest, her bill pointing upward at a sharp angle from theother. She flew off the first day when the half hundred boys who frequentedthe walk came along on their way to dinner. But she soon became accustomedto them, and would sit quietly, although numerous heads passed within five orsix feet. No one disturbed the nest with its four blue eggs, and on May 6 Isaw her feeding the young. Four days after this event, I noticed the heads ofthe younglings bobbing above the rim of the nest. They were gaining strengthrapidly. The morning of May 17 was cool, and a drizzling rain had been falling forsome hours. This dreary morning happened to come on the day when theyoung Robins desired to leave the nest. Rain could neither dampen their de-sire nor check their plans. At seven oclock, three of them were found sitting (206)
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ROBINOrder —Passeees Family—Tuedid* Genus — Plan esticus Species—Migratoeius The Robin 207 motionless, a foot or more from the nest, on the limb which held it. Each hadgathered itself into as small a space as possible, and, with head drawn close,seemed waiting for something to happen. But their eyes were bright, asthey looked out over the vast expanse of the lawn before them—that tracklessregion, to explore which they dared not yet trust their strength. The fourthone could not be found. The next day two others disappeared, after spendingsome hours of joyous, happy life on the grass and in the shrubbery. I stronglysuspected the Academy cat knew where they had gone. Knowing that the family would never return to the nest, I removed it fromthe limb, for I wanted to see how the wonderful structure was put together. Inits building, a framework of slender balsam twigs had first been used. Therewere sixty-three of these, some of which were as much as a foot in length. Inter-twined w

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