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Identifier: birdlore71905nati (find matches)
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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in thelarji;e maple shade trees in the village, while others that I found werebuilt in small bushes about five feet from the ground,— quite a contrast inthe two nesting sites. In both cases the nests were built in the crotch ofa limb and very carefully concealed by overhanging leaves. The nests arevery compact, being constructed of grasses, leaves, pieces of baik, etc., andare very cosily lined with platit-down. I go Bird - Lore I found three nests, as above described, all of which were situatedwithin a radius of a few rods of each other, two of these nests containingfour eggs each and the other one six eggs. The young in all three nests hatched about the seventh of August, andby August 25 they had all left their respective nests. It was at one ofthese nests that I obtained the photograph herewith reproduced, showing the mother-bird broodingthe young. Ihad previouslymade severalattempts t oobtain a pic-ture of her be-fore the youngwere hatched,but was un-successful, asshe would not
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at that time re-turn to the nest solong as the cam-era was near. Butafter the youngwere hatched it ^ goldfinch family was an easy matter to photograph her at the nest, she even allowing me tostand by the camera while making exposures, and offering to leave onlywhen I attempted to change plate-holders, and then returning at once. I was also desirous of obtaining a picture of the male bird at the nest>but was unsuccessful, as he at no time came near so long as the camera wasin sight, although, after the camera was removed from near the nest, themale bird would readily return and feed his mate, bringing to her quantitiesof seeds, etc., and feeding them to her as if he were feeding young birds. Always when coming with his supply of provisions for his mate, he A Goldfinch Study 191 uttered a peculiar twitter, and she would at once answer him with about thesame notes; sometimes leaving the nest and flying to a near-by tree to be fedthere, but usually she would remain on the nest and wait

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