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Title: Baby birds at home
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Kearton, Richard, 1862-1928
Subjects: Birds -- Behavior Birds -- Juvenile literature
Publisher: London, New York (etc.) Cassell and company, ltd.
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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21 22 Baby Birds at Home The male begins to sing as early asMarch, if the weather should be mild andsunny, but his notes are low, soft, and fewin number. He sings to his mate whilstshe is building her nest, but never appearsto think that he ought to attempt to helpher. He frequently sings whilst on thewing. Fieldfares breed in colonies just likerooks or herons, and in some Scandinavianforests hundreds or even thousands nest to-gether, and the noise they make when dis-turbed is wellnigh deafening. The nest of this species is made of twigsand straws, mixed with mud, and lined withfine grass. It is generally placed in aspruce or birch tree, at varying heights fromthe ground. The writer has seen half adozen nests containing eggs, or young ones,in quite a small birch tree. The eggs of the Fieldfare number fourto six, varying from light to dark bluishgreen, mottled all over with light, or darkreddish brown. As soon as the baby birds have beenhatched the old male helps to find food forthem.
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The Red Grouse THIS is a most interesting bird. In thefirst place, it is not found in a naturalstate anywhere in the world excepting inthe British Islands, and in the second, itis more prized by sportsmen than, perhaps,any other bird that flies. The Red Grouse is found on all suitablemoors and heaths from the Orkney Islandsas far south as Staffordshire, in \Yales> an(ithe peat bogs and moorlands of Ireland. It feeds upon the tender shoots of heatherand ling in the summer, and in the earlyautumn is partial to oats, if any shouldbe grown near its haunts, and the seeds ofthe buttercup. During severe weather, inthe winter, the Red Grouse descends fromthe high snow-wreathed ground and maysometimes be seen in hawthorn bushesfeeding upon the buds. This species is very talkative, especiallybetween dawn and sunrise on a fine frosty 23 24 Baby Birds at Home morning. At the first peep of day the femalecommences to call yow, yow, yow, in a pecu-liar nasal tone, and is promptly answered bythe m

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