Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-08-21 | Page 4 | Bird That Builds Nest of Snake Skin

Bird That Builds Nest of Snake Skin One of the queerest of the midsummer midsum-mer birds Is the creeted flycatcher, which has a strange passion for weaving weav-ing a cast enakeakln into Its rough nest, generally placed In the hollow of s tree. The neat frequently is placed so fsr within the tree ss to ba well out of Ihe eight of any Inquisitive bird, who might see It If It were left In plsin eight. . Bo the explsnatlon that the fry. catcher ehooeee to select a eaat enake- akin with which to build ita nest aa s matter of protection that it knows sll other blrde (ear a eneke, and dls- Slaya the skin to drive them away oes not seem to be a verly plaualble one The klrd a habit rea-atne one of the mjaterles of nature yet unexplained.