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Title: Bird lore
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: National Committee of the Audubon Societies of America National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild Birds and Animals National Audubon Society
Subjects: Birds Birds Ornithology
Publisher: New York City : Macmillan Co.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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4^^4S^ lUm V.^^W lyl HMT/ mm />-»p; ^ WtiSm wmwtmm INSPECTION BLUE JAY FEEDING not seem to have any fear of the camera, and I gradually moved it nearerthe nest until it was less than three feet from her and she allowed me tomake bulb exposure of one-half second, change the plate and reset theshutter. With one hand against the tree in which the nest was built, Imade another exposure with the other hand, put back the slide, took downthe camera and left her still brooding her voung. May 15, four eggs hatched, and the next day the fifth egg had disap-peared. It would be interesting to know if the Jay carried away any un-hatched egg. May 20, the eyes of the young had not yet opened, andwhat ugly-looking babies they were! But they appeared so only to me, forthe mother-bird would stand on the edge of her nest and look at them,this way and that, with apparent admiration before settling down to brooding. In all my watching these birds, not once did they bring a birds egg to 270 Bird - Lore
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BLUE JAY BROODING their nest, nor did they disturb the small birds nesting near, nor would themale come near the nest while the camera was in position. Perhaps the prettiest thing connected with the life of this nest occurredwhen the young were twelve days old. I had taken three friends to seethem, and, as we were watching them from behind the fence, the mother-bird brought food and fed one hungry youngster and was looking at themfrom the edge of the nest, when the male came, also with food. Alightingon the opposite side of the nest, he gave the food to his mate, who in turngave it to the young, a scene so attractive that I y/ished all those who cry thief and denounce the Jay could have seen it. Coming and going, the birds were singularly quiet, giving utterance toonly a single note, which I associate with their nesting. So marked was theirsilence while I was about the nest that one must attribute it to a desire notto draw attention to their home. May 30, the young showed the first si

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