Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · New York : Scribner · leaf 182
big round nests. Each nest has anopening down on one side. The parent birdsmay make or begin a dozen nests and use onlyone of them! The phoebes are making their beautiful nestsof moss and feathers under the rock ledges, theveranda roofs, or the country bridge. Later theywill be hunting flies for… … THE CHIMNEY SWIFT STUFFS THE SIDE POCKETS OFITS MOUTH FULL OF FLIES. This is similar to the manner in which a chipmunk packs grainand nuts in its mouth pockets. colored females never make nests of their own,but foist their eggs on other and better mothers,who rear the hungry changelings at the…
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