Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1926-04-22 | Page 5 | Queer Quirks of Nature

1 i NATURE e I II I L LI I I LI By N Cl President tho the American Nature No Xo bird In America perhaps Is IsI Isa Isa B a greater favorite favorito than little DOb I White whose hose cheerful spring call has given us the tho name by which he heIs Is widely Idely known though In the south partridge Is s perhaps perhaps mote more commonly used mcd In n sonic some parts of the country wet snore or no no 1 0 wet more is III sometimes heard heald while quail all Is in to us in inmany inmany many sections section Bob Whites White's habit of of living In eoles coles eo les of a dozen or so usually tl II pair of birds and their brood and b his Is swift d direct flight have always made him p 11 i fa with the sportsman and many thousands fall l yearly to the gun Yet he lie Is such a favorite and his habits are are so beneficial that efforts ef- ef ef efforts forts torts have been be eEn n made In ht some Ome states to have Bob Dob declared a song songbird bird so that he Iw might ht be given long year long protection In April the break up and anc soon the call of bob white bob sounds from fence tence post or low tree This ts is the call all to t-l his mate and if 1 we wall walk softly lIon long along quiet paths InIs In his Is chosen territory w wo we e may hear the softer oCler musical notes that make up th the remainder of his love son sons The n nest st Is well ell hidden In briar hor thick gross and h holds from froma a dozen to 20 white eggs rounded at on one end and sharply pointed at atthe atthe th the other othel Mrs orrs Bob probably picks out the nest but ut the father bird does his full tull share of the tho In fig and when the tiny chicks ks come out helps In to their feeding and traIning all through the season The 11 little fellows can fly when scarcely larger than and so well are they cared tor for that near near- nearly Iv ly all of them usually grow up When scattered they are brought together b by the tho rallying call a pe- pe peculiar pe peculiar culiar whistle which Is their only note in winter Each night III ht they roost on the ground in n a circle nil all nilI headed outward to facilitate scat scat- scattering scattering I t In case the they are attacked attached