Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-06-01
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placed uron his head. AS the quail
disappears the potato bug thrives and
the potato crop diminishes
The ticker's chief delight Is din
ner of ants. If you ever have tried tc
get ants ont of your lawn and your
flower beds you will from this mo-
ment appreciate the flicker more and
more. The meadow lark. too. can do
more than sing. He is strong. luSty
bird that makes way with numerous
ly for his SuStpnance.
All the birds have good qualities
aside from song and graceful adjnnctS
to the home landscape. They are of
ineStimnble value tn the grower or
crops. while one family Of them make
splendid policemen refer to the
kingtisher. that fiery little fighter who
attacks hawks with impunity and
makes black crow ashamed Of him
self. According tool T. Gilbert OF the
University of Illinois. every hawk or
owl. fOragpr Of vprmin that he -. ,s
worth $40 to the farmer
The hoy who learns to love birds.
who defends them against other hovs.
will remain bird lover all his HE
The pair of robins that come every
spring to build their nest ON the wide
drainpipe under the caves will he
welcomed AZ harhingers OF spring and
violpts. and no matter how old the
man NAV become mr. how feeble. he viii
watch their operations with Interest
gazing on their work with affecti0nafp
eyes. Once again the story OF life IL
being told in reality.
The bird lovers come In the early
spring when the last SHOWS are litter
ing down. hiding the worms from their
eyes and making them shiver with
chill. hut with the returning sun they
take on n new spirit and begin to btl
and COO And soon Mr. and Mrs
Robin are carrying to the same old
robin fiat the pieces of yarn and string
YOU have thrown upon the lawn for
them
The old mans eyes gisten and grow
Young again rs he behOldS the intinit"
care they take to weave Il comfortah'r
nest. and his broken old laugh litter
and articllntps into low chucklps ~
he watches some funny antic of the
mother bird trying to carry douhl"
load or getting snag"ed on her way To
the fast growing nest
And rs the old man watches the So
cret of life is repeating itself. NV"
tiny. though red and Scrawny. heads
are raised above the brim of the nest
to wnblle and disappear in awkward
ness. and the mother and father birds
are not only very happy. but are very
busy Juggling worms and bugs to the
capncio,lS maws of their Youngsters
Day follows day. and the heads THAI
appear are beginning to thatch with
funny feathers. and then arrives
most exciting time Young Bill Robin
becomes so strong and so bold that n
decides to take II look nj this thin. his
mother and father have been calling
the world. He tops around in the neS
until he gains the rim of II and. took
Ing over. hehodS most remarkable
situation The thing beneath is not ~
all like the blue sky above and is Gov
cred with green and queer boXlik'
nests in which something living moves
about. something big and queer thai
sits in something ny the window nnd
rocks. while n cloud of S0nrthin.
comes from its mouth
Bill Robin has seen the old man sit
ting by the window smokin. his pipe
and the old man sees Bill Robin. too
and begins to wonder where Tom. the
cat. is.
Mother" he calls. them robins j.
a-gittin' ready to fly. Keep Tom shn
up In the cellar"
And Bill Robin never knows how
funny thing with the clond co r.
ont Of 1t saves his life. wilc. Is ..s.
like a young jackanapes snyh"y