Show HABITS OF THE ROBIN bird prefers to build its nest Ne arthe house young songsters Song should not be handled until they leave nest of their own accord Spar sparrows rowa rob them of worms by chaio 8 THOMAS of till all the birds that build in trees the tha robin brings its ita nest nearest tho the house it prefers to be at the front door where tho the members of the family k r LV 11 1 I 1 1 1 I 1 I 1 robins N nest est are constantly antly coming and going and it it can find a suitable place it will build directly over the walk this makes a number of 0 interesting facts easy of obi observation let the tha nozzle of the tha hydrant drip until tho ground below it holds a little pool of water or by some other means provide a pool somewhere in the yard to this pool the robin will corao COMO tor for mud to build the walls of her neat into it she will souse bill fulls of dried grass before mixing it with the mud in it she will wet herself before flying to her nest to mould the mortar wall of mud and grass to fit her body when the young fill the nest every child in the family will want to climb up to see them and the older children will be tempted to lift them out of the nest hold them in tho the hand band and possibly take tako them into the house a moment to show mother what bird babies are like but to do thesis this Is all hatt sure to result in the death of the young A young bird once lifted from tho the nest has found his legs and will never be satisfied in the nest again lie he will climb upon its edge and go bumping down on the lawn long before he Is able to fly and the neighbors cat Is sure to get him young birds should never be handled bandied until they leave the nest of their own accord As the ahe parent robins search tho the lawn for worms to feed their young hopping a little way and then stopping to look and listen you will often see an english sparrow following close behind and a little to right or left he la is expecting the robin to pull a worm from the ground when he will dive boldly for it snatch it away and make off with it in this piratical enterprise the sparrow to la not infrequently successful note your robins carefully discover upon them it possible some distinguishing mark and see whether they return to you another year A niale male with left wing drooping almost to the ground as aa it hopped returned three successive yea i to the same yard it has doubtless boon been injured tn in a fight which Is not an infrequent occurrence one may not be certain that plumage pluma go markings of exceptional character will recur year after year as plumage may vary with mou icings but any malformation resulting usually ly from injury renders readers identification all but certain |