Show I HOW flOW I PARENT RAVENS HAVENS PROTECT J NESTLINGS FROM I HARMI HAIIM HAR l.- l. I was once concealed in my hIde Tilde watching and photographing phot photo graphing a n pair of ot ravens at tc their nest on a 8 wild and f desolate crag on the Welsh mountains writes Oliver G. G c Pike English ornithologist In Inthe 2 the London Spectator Among Amon J J other things s I 1 discovered disco d that they have a language of ot their c own Several times during the II eight hours I spent In my toy J shelter the parents brought II food tood to their young J Long ULong before the former got to within sight of the nest the thet t young youn heard the loud call which j told them food was coming When they heard this they became became became be- be came very excited ran about the nest and gave out answer answer- 5 i ing cries Twice during the day a 8 man passed over oyer the mountains and the parent raven 5 IC on guard high over the nest nests J seeing him and and looking upon the ic Intruder as an enem enemy uttered i quite a different call Instantly the three young k birds threw themselves flat In Int Inthe t the nest and remained quite i motionless until they heard a aj j third cry which again was different dlf- dlf ferent from the others which told them the coast was clear jc Then they quickly jumped up c I and were Immediately at nt ease J i Y |