Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-04-14
TANNING WILD BIRDS.
Feathered Creatures Are as Susceptible
to Kindness as Human Beings.

to kindness as human Beings.
When young raised many wild birds,
and as the time is coming for their mating
and busy season for building and rearing
their young it may give some young folks
pleasure to explain the method by which
was perfectly successful.
| watched the nest Of such rs desired TO
get until the young birds were old enough
to feed and not old enough to Ay or get
scared. | then loosened the nest carefully,
placed it in tight cage near the bars,
with ledge outside from which it might
be convenient for the parent bird to feed
them. The cage should be hung in some
convenient place near where the nest had
been located, on tree or bush, out of the
reach of eats.
At first the old birds are shy, and mani
fest their disapprobation by rapid darting
around and scolding in loud voices, yet l
never found them to desert their offspring,
but feeding them regularly. / would then
begin 10 feed them, too, with little sweet
biscuit berries, seeds and worms or some
hgreen stuff. The old birds attended them
for a time, finally leaving them 70 my care.
There is a current idea aflOat that after
they find their young prisoners the old
I birds poison them. 1t is not SO, as have
I
/ cage TO the house, the old birds having
ceased their care, l fed them in the usual
/ way, paying the same attention TO cleanli-
ness and carefully giving them fresh wa
ter for frequent bathing.
! once raised pet yellow bird, a lively
/ little feathered creature, about the size of
"A canary and almost similar in color. The
plumage Of the male was Of bright yell
low color; wings, tail and crown black.
. The plumage of the female was more Of a
brownish yellow. They build their nests
in bushes of licheus cemented and inter
woven together, and lined inside with some
soft substance. They were very thick
around the house, rs they generally are
\ where mustard seeds are plenty.
| learned to have confidence in giving
them their liberty by accident. One har'
vest day mother came out TO the field and
excitedly told me that my pet bird had es
capped from the cage, which had set in the
window Of an upper room. came to thC
house feeling sad, a. child would, ano
found my bird Perchcd in the topmosl
branch Of high pear tree, gleefully enjoy
ing its freedom. Procuring biscuit from
the house / called to it, and received it,
chipping answer as it turned its head anc
recognized its once master.
To my surprise it flew down, perchec
upon my shoulder, fed upon the biscuit
and allowed me to put it in the cage again
After that gave it liberty. Nothing de
lighted it so much as to hop out Of the cage
on to my finger, fly to my shoulder and
manifest its great delight by STOPPING
runliug its feathers, spreading its wings il
quiverug pleasure, and sticking out it,
little bill TO be kissed like a pouting child
had it i'm the shop one day, hopping
around, when 10 suddenly fell over as in
|, fit, but recovered only TO relapse int
another while on my shoulder and died il
my hands I buried il lovingly back o
, the barn, with q post for a beadgtone.-
Natures Realu.