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Title: Bird-lore
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild Birds and Animals
Subjects: Birds -- Periodicals Birds -- Conservation Periodicals
Publisher: New York, National Association of Audubon Societies
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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s visit in 1890: so, as far as species go, WalrusIsland may be considered poor, although this lack is conipi-nsated for b\ thegreat abundance of individuals. The afternoon drew on, and in spite of occasional puffs of drifting fog,it was one favorable for the work of the surveyors, so that In-fore six oclocktheir work was done, and when the whistle of the Rush blew all aboardevcrv one was readv to depart. Fifteen minutes later the inhabitants otWalrus island were enjo\ing their accustomed solitude. Our Blue Jay Neighbors BY MRS, HARRIET CARPENTER THAYER. Minneapolis. Minn. Ilhislralrii by photoj;raph« from naluri- by Thos. S. Roberts II is pcrliaps a rare pri\ ilc^c, in the midst of a lartie city, to be chosen asneighbors by a family of Hhie Jays, yet such was our ^ood fortune.Ihey came one May morning into the top of a younji ehii tree closeby our bedroom window. One had a twig in his mouth which he was en-dcaxorin;^ to ijet into position in the site selectetl for the nest. He pulled
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IS HI. J.W ON NEST and tugged, now bendinfi; his body, now twitching his head, until at last hesucceeded : and the news spread abroad that a pair of Hlue Ja\s were buildinga nest in our tree. For two days they worked, completing the outside;then they came at longer intervals for two days more, bringing choice bitsof finishing for the inside. Hoth birds took part in the labor of house-building. During these da\s three small heads were often peering at them from thewindow near b\ and shrill little voices often interrupted their work. Hut atlast, though we trembled lest we had frightened them away by our franticefiforts to keep quiet, the mother settled down on her nest and only whisperswere heard at the window. (50) Our Blue Jay Neighbors 51 The many weary hours durinij; which the ej^gs had to be kept warmwere divided between the two birds, each reUeving the other at more or lessregular intervals. And the bird at play did not forget its imprisoned mate,but returned now and then with a c

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