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bird to fly any minute
but at last I reached it
and, click, I had my
first 'close up' bird
picture. And it was
the best one, too; for
although I took six or
seven others, they did
not turn out so well as
the first one.
May 31, I went to
take the pictures of the
little Chickadees, but
found that they were
still too small to handle.
I was not able to go
;
CHIPPING SPARROW BROODING
again, but my friend reports that the whole family of eight young left the
nest, and were very healthy-looking little birds. This nest was situated on
the edge of a woods at Verona, N. J.
During the two weeks' vacation at Fredon, Sussex Co., N. Y., I found
twelve nests, a list of which follows. All but three were found on a farm.
One Robin's nest, contain-
ing one egg. Deserted for unknown
cause.
Two Field Sparrows' nests.
Each contained young, almost
full-grown birds. One nest had
an unfertile egg in it.
One Barn Swallow's nest,
containing four eggs.
Two Red - winged Black-
birds' nests, each with four
eggs. Both nests were broken
up. One was entirely empty
and the other contained the
shells of the eggs. I could not
find out the cause of this
double tragedy.
Two House Wrens' nests.
Both of these were in fence-
posts. I caught one bird with
'^ '" the camera just as it was
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WREN ENTERING IPS NEST .
IN A FENCE-POST entering the nest.