Image from page 236 of "With nature and a camera; being the adventures and observations of a field naturalist and an animal photographer" (1898)
Identifier: withnatureandcam00kear
Authors: Kearton, Richard, 1862-1928
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Publisher: London, Paris, New York, Melbourne, Cassell and company, limited
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library
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BLACKBIRDS AT HOME. 216 WTTir NATURE AND A CAMETiA. regretted ever since the iiiifortiinate circumstancethat he was changing- his slides at the moment. Hewaited nearly the whole of Easter Sunday andMonday for a similar scene, but it never presenteditself. The hen fed the young birds twice for thecock once. Indeed, the latter often came to gazein admiration at his chicks, and showed every signsof the fond ])ride of an affectionate father. I believe 1 am in a position to boast what veryfew ornithologists can. I have helped birds tobuild their nests, hatch their eggs, and feed theiryoung. When a boy I used to collect feathersand amuse myself by dropping them from the topof a bridge and watching the Swallows and Martinscatch and carry them away for use in lining theirnests. I have kept birds eggs warm in my handsduring the enforced absence of the sitting hen, andhave placed suitable food beside birds nests andwatched them pick it u}) and give it to their youngsones. Even where a great amo
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