Show birds as barometers birds are excellent barometers A number of our birds swans wild duck coots moorhens moor hens and others build their nests either on the banks of a river or floating on its surface attached to the reeds or water grasses the these se birds it is said never by chance get caught by floods and it if you see sec a swans nest say a toot foot above the river level you may be sure that during the next few weeks there will not be rain enough to raise the river above that height T the he common robin knows a great deal about forthcoming weather if he sings la in the morning it Is a certain sign of bad weather |