The Bookshelf for boys and girls: Nature and Outdoor Life part 3 (1912)
University Society, New York · New York : University Society · leaf 26
obablyfully a week younger. Theywere returned to the nest ingood order; and I again vis-ited them two weeks later,about the middle of June. Thistime the mother bird was notat home, but the youngermembers were well able to up-hold the dignity of the fam-ily. In the interval of twoweeks they had… … BARN-OWLS AT HOME A curious hissing noise camefrom the large red maple un-der which I was standing.Nothing was visible overheadto indicate the author of thecurious sounds, and I realizedthat I was in the presence ofa real mystery. After a ratherdifficult climb of some twenty-five feet, a cavity was…
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