Rocky Ford enterprise., 1903-09-04
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they are ready to fly and gives them u
woods. Is wonderfully adapted, never
thelesa. to their wants and pcculiari-
ties. AZ soon as specimen has been
studied carefully both In habit and
song and markings. II Ii permitted To
go. while In Miss Marvin's books an
other sketch is made and another
biography completed.
you would naturally suppose" said
Miss Marvin to u visitor. that the
birds once freed would never again
wish to sec the artificial life ! have
prepared for them. but this In not nj.
ways tho case. Not long ago. for In
stance. I liberated u Baltimore orioic
after he had grown up and ! had I'M
ishcd studying him. Early In tho follow
Ing morning my maid heard tcrrihc
Tapping OF wings on tho window pane
In the back room. and she called To
mo that two birds were trying To get
In. One Of these visitors proved To
be my old orioic and ha had brought
back with him n mate. Although ut
nrst obviously III at ease. this new
acquaintance to my ranks soon ad'
| justcd herself to her new surround
insS. The old orioic feels his au'
| thority. being perhaps tho oldest In
habItant. and his impcrtincnt conduct
while on mornin. parade is most
amusing"
Tho large cage Ii like an ever
changing Kaleidoscope Of color. Tho
brown and rcd at the robins and tho
flashing biucbirds' wings minEic with
III. more sober hucs Of tn. tcc~it. the
nycaichcr and III. meadow lark. and
conspicuous through all Ii the restless
scarlet or,oic. a living spot OF nrc.
Are there ever any misundrrstand.
inss between your animals that you
arc called upon tn settler Miss Mar
win vas asked.
"oh. yes she replied with = smile.
Il am often compelled To don tho cap
and cloak and arbltrair IN their quar-
rcis. Even the smallest animals. II
patiently trained. can bc made tn
learn the lesson OF obedience tn man
Kind. For an entire year. my nrst Ia
Nc~ Jersey. fcd tho birds out al
that cast window every morning. No~
I can't keep them away. Promptly a,
half after six-~r arc early risrrs. you
s-c-thc eiatt-r begins beneath the
window. My appearance upon the
scene ia the signal for . noisy morn
Ing greeting. Up they come In s~arms
not even waiting for me To throw the
food on the Erpund for 'hrm. Some
times there arc as many as twenty
birds. all noisy. all hungry. In fca,h
cry hall around the bread paa.
II have known s,raxEi-Ts who had
not received their portion tn ~
against the window after II had been
closed In an attempt To toll me ,ha,
they had been forgotten. while In the
summer. when the window Ia ics,
open. they will come six and seven
at a time To line themselves on the
table and pick up remnants.
1T IL interesting to sc- the signals
that are exchanged between the IRE,
and the captive birds. On plcasan,
days roll back the glass roof 90 that
the animals may get tho warm sun
and air. and u IL not uncommon fos
free birds that have fed TO ny down
int, the rvom and with au,,crins
wings cry out discprdant challenges
To the prisoners.
Once every week on the same day
I give little Informal pink tea as
Il were. on my from, lawn. There Is
spread a suitable feast. and have
known squirrels and even the shy
wooicbuck to come unhiddcn from the
stone fence and partakc Eingeriy %.
my bounty. bravins the danger of the
open road and my pct dachshuni
Crco. who cutcTtains. I imagine. feel
inEs OF great jealousy. New York
Press.