Logan Republican | 1906-08-01 | Page 3 | Maimed Birds Did Well

Maimed Birds Did Well. "Maimed blrdj show remarkable in- V? telllgence In getting food fpr them- solves," said n naturalist "I once found In my garden a bluebird blue-bird th.vt n Btouo had woundod badly. Tho poor little creuturo could neither walk nor (ly. I put It In a cucumbor frame and fed It regularly, but I sup-poso sup-poso I didn't give It enough, for It foi-jcd Industrlousl) nil tho time. I.) Ing on tho earth, it would cover Itself It-self with leaves only Its small eyes would ho visible. Then, when a fly nllghted somowhero near swoop, tho bluebird's heail and neck would dart from tho covering of leaves and tho fly would bo dot am oil "A finch with a biokcn wing lived . , hlqh nil ono Mimmcr in my garden at tho cxpent-o of o spidors It pillaged their webs It made a roi nd of uomo twenty webs n day and U. toned on tho contents of thoso filmy lnrdors."