San Juan Record | 1934-10-25 | Page 7 | Sparrow and Linnet Take Turns Sitting on Nest

sparrow and linnet take turns sitting on nest A recent issue of the british publication li cage bird world related an extraordinary story of a hen hedge sparrow and a linnet that insisted on nesting in the same spot since neither would rive give in the two birds finally constructed a joint nest and both deposited eggs in it during the incubation period the birds were observed to take burnson tur turn sion the nest but when it was time for the eggs to hatch tire the linnet was driven oft off two baby sparrows and one linnet were hatched la in the nest but only the sparrows survived