The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-06-16
TAME RUNNING BIRDS.


AS this is written the air is filled with
the squeaing chattering of hummins
birds They are all about me, now
darting by within foot of my face, and
one poises in air within reach of my
hand, cycling me curiously, perhaps
wondering what / am saying. Others
dash madly along, chasing each other
and fighting fiercely for the possession
of two abutilon bushes in corner of
the garden, where a chair and lapboard
constitute an outdoor study. The flow
ers are white, yellow and deep red,
hanging like so many bells, and are a
never ending source of attraction to the
hummng birds which poise beneath
them, never searching the innerportion
of the blossom, but thrusting their long,
slender bills up between the petals
which constitute it's base, where they
! find innumerable small flies to their
taste.
To attract the flies have dropped SUI
gar and water on the flower bells. which
gar and water on the flower bells which
the humming birds seem to understand,
as often see them sitting on a twig
near me and thrusting out the long
hairlike tongue. l have no doubt the
9"eeteneu water IS also 10 thelr taste,
as it is acceptable to the young. OF
THESE huilfnihs plrus-sone viva
greeh' ana OTHERS Wlth pa'ch Oh Dill
NAM lriuescelit req peieath tne Dill
tla, tnlohs tiie saruen seVerai I'VE mere
anu oie' haiileo POP mas Ior successive
YEARS percneu on tile same tWls Oh an
orange fee' anu is liaturaily the one
hHoW Jest fle never alioWs me 10
oaten NM put nave hau my mana
Mi'iin SIX llctles OIL ms niue pouy'
iiaye lahcleu 'iiat perhaps ne Is tne
inliiinsi ! o'ice possesseu ana ie'easeu'
! iouliu nm one lnorhlhs-h' lnueea' ne
40 'iie Saiiie oie-lli nest IN an orange
- o17u' I'LL y ie0' lloiii the 'iee
""iSh ne no" OCCUPIES strange op
49, 49, ioohlns iiioic i,he lu%Ny spiue[
.'"i, -" piiu, anu 'ueheu away III nest
nav u iiloss anu the me parts Oh
seeu9' anu SO peliect III us iililtatloll Oh
~. .te oiai4se "a 'iicn upon witch II resteu
vas a'iiioo' iiiiposeioie ~ uislii-
o., su'sii - - p0in' - iae'' - was Aouiiu
s'ou" looming ITO IL Ing niue
Dl4Us me anu thrust ny tneli
", nlou'lis III d coiiiical lasiiioii' ana
tn'hhins 'neni hungry, ! got some
s"eetehea water ana fed them with 1t,
u1,!s d small eWis LOT the purpose.
w ,,s @as Us ing lile iiio'hel pi.u
ts ~ oiia ouNNF - afouliu my lace IA
a ~, eateliins manner ana Wnen Wlth-
'i'e sle "'eu any coVereu tnein'
- seu'iy upon eiieiii' ~
sn-s way sue was pno.osrapheu' ana
N.'o,' VI 'ne iies' "ouio permit me al
ino't " touo', iei WITHOUT moving. EV-
oiS u'S ieu tiie young piros Win SUI
sai anu water' anu iiflaily tney would
op ~ nc iii'i VI 'ne nest When APP
pioaciieu' never ulspiaylns the snghtest
eVIuence Oh rear
~" oesan u lake lessons IN
~ rs nc paiell' piro Woulo slt on the
IT., " on a WE near ny anu use ner
minss' NAMING ,ne hunlnling sound out
..o. ii'iils, anu 'iiis .he niue plros lml-
49, 49,. csinsins 10 the nest with their
ueiieate Iee,' On the second day no.
~. e, ,l tney rose into tlse ar nve or
,ia,.ia ~ uu I'm, inns exercise, ana pc
'i'a' ICY "ouiu SUM ieaVe the
-. oih 'ie ."is winch helu IL
~ .i'e piaiios anu Carried II with us
y, ooSupai,ta iii'o tlle mousse fastening
~ 80 ing Ioiio"ihs uay
~ oiiu' ,eit 'iie iies' anu pesah 10 Ioi-
~ , oa., anu a. once became the
.a1,,tx,. ,1,' pe'7 iney were az
Withou' leaf' Whlcn adoeu 10
oi,n,. ~ - enu co,istant'y uarteo
~, AZ, oii'iis loi .tihy mes
T,ha, oaia ao w., VI ~ 'ne mowers. soon
j. g, 'iies iespohueu, ana When
: "os eNtenueu alisnteo upon 1t
49, - i'''i iiiii's ''aiVe.e sitlihg ana eye
T., ine ~ pei 'on wi'n ti'e'i peaoike eyes
-, -, IL eoirt''eiee' iiieir laVoflte
u upon tne head' ana
49, ;, 49, ~ '''a ea'i "oulu orlhg them
~,
~ equeitiy came 10 the table at |
,neais' ana woulu perch upon the sugar |
oI"', .insA's 10 tne handle, down |
i" ''''n ne "ouiu Slowly sloe TO hutter
~, SH, neither ne recognized IN |
sNe Do"i '"e souice VI supply OF all ms
loou !, "uuio We ulincult 10 say, put |
~ 80 amy Ae was lalthIul 10 1T, ana |
~ ,i'oi Va .'ie Silppery handie as long |
70 ,t, ~ oaiiie 70 .t'e taple
ueOiipe an the ACTIONS ana tricks |
- Use eau'ilui creatures would re- |
1uile ,iiuch space as nothing could ex-
ecu lieii grace anu VlVaclty ana visi- |
loia ~ the mouse at this time were |
'oii,e'iiites ainazeo at the swish and |
u'ii ~ ,iie RUNNERS as they darted !
49, 'ne an one woman whose |