Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-09-27
BIRDS AND NESTS
Habits Of Some OF the Feashered
Tribes of England

Habits Of Some OF the Feashered
Tribes of England
= Bacon, in his essaysa has ~fritsens
SHE chat builds fair house upon an
i'll seat committesh himself 90 prison"
If you are an observer OF nature, a
hundred little Incidents particularly
an relation e@Sird aifes will bring this
8PuShful adage home 60 your mind; for
you can not fail 80 remember how, in
she deep woods you have found
wrecked eggs On che ground. These
Dave 8allep qlom an insecurity built
@es6s
Aase seen nests SO tossed by q
passing asinds when yet there are no
Shaves upon the trees. that birds have
Rad e1 forsase them because, being inc
aecarefy fastened they had yielded.
and bay upon their sides. Birds do not
understand che art Of patching up their
pests as human beings do their houses,
Out begfA at once TO build new home
Che Aaa1nent che old one gives way.
Pho Pigeosg 10 Co the sparrow what
Che country pumpkin is to the London
sSrwsS Arab You will rarely. find our
oparrDws making any mistakes about
Che safety OF their nests. They even
protect themselves from the cats.
@hose sure-footedness on the tiles and
gutters make them dangerous enemies.
TWo og three examples OF the SPAR
Cows instinct that have come within
nS Knowledge are interesting. Over
0Aa OF che houses in the Strand, dec
Grating shs front, is q plaster. mask.
Che eyes being absent. Waiting for
ap@ganibus D few days sinces noticed
q sparrow earrying.a very long straws
snd, marking its flight tracked him
Go Che mask. ] saw him vanish
9hrough The eye-hoIe aud the
aSraW was gradually drawn
&Nhins Ho! no! said ]. you are build
ing your nest in that head. And so it
8asafors having duly placed his straw,
he emerged, ands having had q good
eelfsatisfied look around, he went in
search of other materials. In the
half4hour watched him he must have
gnade at least ten expeditions. and the
AYeserness in carrying materials and
6hD mask was remarkable.
] once found sparrow in very
Peculiar home, in no other. place than
ID che hand Of the great equestrian
esasue of the Duke of Wellington that
alsed To be at Hyde Park Corner.
tShGn the workmen were taking this
6saSus TO pieces. preparatory to its re-
9BBvad TO .Alcershpt, had an oppor-
Baaify Of going al over it; in fact,
has inside, having found ingress
Bb8ough the collar OF the Dukes
1unics mis- head having been removed.
Dhe right hand Of the Duke held a
BSeaa Narshal's baton; It also held IN
Gas pa1aa @ sparrowss nest with several
Bggo ia &c. OF course the workmen,
bg Sheir presence and hammering at
Cha hssal, kept the father and mother
avag during the day and SD destroyed
9ne ehanceof che eggs incubation.
OF ell birds the chaffinch probably
!. shows most knowledge Of hiding his
nest by matching the color of It's SUR
rou9dingss If he selects an old plum
oraaa Ae tuilds his nest with gray
li6Aen 60 suit the moss ON the tree.
up n a green wooded rosebush, he will
Suil& ais nest with fine green moss; in
eSory case he chooses q moss which ia
@earps9 in color co that of the bark of
Che 9rees he selects tobuild In The
ehaffinch Sn his wild state Is lonely
8irds with his pipe song full Of sadness:
aSwseees sweet. Oh will you not come
@me? Sweeta sweet sweet. ] love
Sou"
The hawthorn ar mayv when its
buds are shootiag, is che home-6f the
hedge sparrewo whose tiny eggs OF
beautiful blue are miniature OF che
singing ehrushs eggs It 10 mistake
to think thae this poor innocenS.tird is
the only vietlm of Che cuckoo, VINO il
the herald of spring. even before Che
1arko upon our southern coasts, For
have Sound the young suck0e ia Che
titlark's nest, and once in gray liza
nets nest in beech hedge. The
titlark's nest foun@ in the long grass
at the root of a furze bush, showing
that the cuckoo sometimes lays hel
eggs upon the ground.
In the alder tree we find Che gold
finch. with its tiny nest OF tree 1icher
and lined cow hair, which the bird.
have been SEEN taking off the backs O
cattle. The nest can hardly be dis
tinguished from the gray wrinllet
branches Of the alder; but the bird it
self will be a signal to sharp eye ant
ear, for there is hardly it's equal il
plaintive crying when its nest or Off
spring are approached.
The yellowhammer loves the brier
where rough hands will be p@nishe,
by the thorns. It's nests are forma
principally of the roots of skutcl