Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-07-25
BIRDS

some nave more Beautiful plumagc
, ,an others. Some have sweeter
sings more sweetly than tho others
note: some OF the birds with the
indigo sap sucker, partridge. ruby
thrOatcd hummlng bird. field lark and
me woodDGckcr. with it's scarlet head.
such as the mocking bird, cat bird
and the Little wren. So. "fnc feath-
ers 90 not always. make fine birds"
In this INSTANCE. Tho little wren is
the most comforting. When the sky
~ overcast and The clouds arc lower
whore the little wren sits in the
inernasin tree and sings with such u
happy little hear. and seems to say.
have your Wish by and by; II Will moi
always be gloomy and overcast. II
~ most comforting In the dead OF
All nature seems asleep. II siis on
u snow covered limb and bursts forth
IN ~, eGktasy Of music. II alwayr
never lights like other birds. 4 very
Interesting thing happened in regard
10 me little wren. One spring he
pocket OF my grandfather's ovcrcoat.
Hero they worried and raised their
s si,,ts ones ,Ss or course. the Goa,
We're able TO ny away, and the next
year they built in a tub I'm which was
h.ahted a large begcnia. They grew
over the porch. We always took
Spcc'hi care In watering the plant
nut 10 Wet HIS coy little house in
Wees arc 'h socI lenyes; The i,,e Pc
rests on the side OF the house or
porch, they make 1t out of mud and
m,"sH. ana they glue II 10 the side
OF The house with the mud. They
Jay n fnilk-white egg.
ne Partridge or Bob White. az he
| - often called, III the most useful and
| ttothhome bird. lie never forsakcs
| W 10 10 10 his home In the FAR South
| uut stays with NV year in and wear
| oHt' TN the fields arc green once
again, and Tho frozen waters OF
M,hter sparhel In the sunlight. and
al nature has awakened from lis
!nnS sleep. Any summer evening you
can hear him calling softly To his
mate hob White. Bob White" In
wihteT inc poor little things have
hard Zine with the hunters. don't
Know any bird that has Il hard
a time as our little Bob White, which
are pursued by the relentless hunters
rom it"i, morning TIL night until lis a
| ridges usually stay on the ground
Or close TO H. They have big broods
ihey lay about twenty o. thirty eggs.
"Hich are very big and snow white.
and are very fine 10 eat
When the young ones hatch tho
mother keeps them on the ground.
ana II hunter or dog should
chance TO come that way, the mother
/ hnd father bird give a purr sound 10
] their young. which is the signal Ia
! h!G". or danger is at hand, and then
] 'hcE riHc w!th loud whining
SOUND OF the wing TO lead tho dog
/ ana hunter away from their babies
/ But they always take care 10 pu, n
| tree between themselves and tho
gun. GOD puts in the hearts Of all
animals self preservation. once ont
IN {, field the hands were plGwing
ana there was II litt!e tree not even
! a tree. but just u switch. ard a
nirds nest was In II, which held four
iitt!: birds huddled up in 4, without
| haru!y any feathers on them. They
] we're going 10 cut il down and
! asked them not to. but they said they
had TO because IL was in the way
Inc iittle nest WAS made OF dry twIss
! ana horse hair.
| lifted the little nest gently out of
| the switch and took 1t TO our house
ana nut IL on 4 table. All day long
] looked for worms and bugs for
! thcm. At first they were afraid Of
ne. but thcy got so hungry they had
10 eat When the mother feeds them
! shc makes INVITING sound and they
an onen their mouth and eat what
| she brings them. ] had to touch them
! on their back and they would open
their mouths. After / had taken care
| OF them for several days | heard an
awful racket and came TO see what
! was tho matter. The mother had
! come and was sitting on the side OF
| the nest and looked like she was
| "a! King TO them. / was so glad she
mad come because in a few days they
would hc ready to fly and I couldn't
teach them that. And l was glad TO
have. the burden taken off OF me !
ilut ihcm IN shrub iii the yard and
the next day saw her take them out
OF the nest. SO now tho little nest
they had occupied SO long was left
deserted and empty.
After seeing the mother bird !
| Al birds have certain things 10
build their nests out of. Ca;birds
and knocking birds build theirs out
| Of cedar bark and roots.
! Sparrows out of horse hair. The
| robin builds out OF mud and dead
! twigs. once ! though; would copy
him and see IL l couldn't make a
put the twigs between the soft
mud and shaped ii round and then
let 1t bake in the sun. put it in a
II stayed there about ten minutes
and then fell TO pieces Now 1 will
SAY little something about the
hu2Zard and owl. The hawk Is very
big. but not so much as the buzzard
He is specklci. They are very keen
They fly in u tree and watch for the
hen and little chickens to come out
and as soon as they see them he will
dart down and grab chicken and
away he is gone. In some quiet
place in the woods he stops and
eats 1t: Every one of these big birds
are thieves except tho buzzard. The
crow is jet black. lie makes his nest
high UP in tree out of sticks and
leaves. The color OF his egg is be-
tween nile green and pea green.
a hen or turkey and as soon as she
lays he seiZes the egg In his bill
and flies away with II and sucks IL
The buz2urd is the largest of all.
He Is black too. They haven't any
| nest AT all. She will lay in an old
| deserted house, or up under hank
or in hollow log or anywhere they
| can get. They never, never lay but
| two eggs, and they are just like
| turkey eggs. When the little buzz
| bard hatch they are white. After
| they grow older they turn black.
The owl is also a chicken thief. lie
| is very sly. lie goes around and II
he finds Il chicken roosting out lie will
pounce upon it's back and rip it open
with it's sharp bill and claws, and he
Will eat ii right on the spot. and then
fly. away. saying. Whoo, WHO'D you!
rejoicing over his victim. Swallows
are medium sized bird. Their color
ground or in a tree. Their nest is In
| a chimney. They make II out of sticks.
SCOT and glue AS ] have said. they
never light on the ground. but they
sWoop down close to il and get the
sticks that way and the glue Is made
from gnats. Sometimes you will see
them light on the ton OF tree for