Bird Stories From Burroughs; Sketches of Bird Life Taken From the Works of John Burroughs ..
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There is no nest-builder that suffers more from crows and squirrels and other enemies than the wood thrush. It builds as openly and un- suspiciously as if it thought all the world as hon- est as itself. Its favorite place is the fork of a sapling, eight or ten feet from the ground, where it falls an easy prey to every nest-robber that comes prowling through the woods and groves.
It is not a bird that skulks and hides, like the catbird, the brown thrasher, the chat, or the che- wink, and its nes...t is not concealed with the same art as theirs. Our thrushes are all frank, open- 88 BIRD STORIES FROM BURROUGHS mannered birds ; but the veery and the hermit build on the ground, where they may at least es- cape the crows, owls, and jays, and stand a good chance of being overlooked by the red squirrel and weasel also ; while the robin seeks the pro- tection of dwellings and outbuildings. For years I have not known the nest of a wood thrush to succeed. During the season referred to I ob- served but two, both apparently a second attempt, as the season was well advanced, and both fail- ures.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
There is no nest-builder that suffers more from crows and squirrels and other enemies than the wood thrush. It builds as openly and un- suspiciously as if it thought all the world as hon- est as itself. Its favorite place is the fork of a sapling, eight or ten feet from the ground, where it falls an easy prey to every nest-robber that comes prowling through the woods and groves.
It is not a bird that skulks and hides, like the catbird, the brown thrasher, the chat, or the che- wink, and its nes...t is not concealed with the same art as theirs. Our thrushes are all frank, open- 88 BIRD STORIES FROM BURROUGHS mannered birds ; but the veery and the hermit build on the ground, where they may at least es- cape the crows, owls, and jays, and stand a good chance of being overlooked by the red squirrel and weasel also ; while the robin seeks the pro- tection of dwellings and outbuildings. For years I have not known the nest of a wood thrush to succeed. During the season referred to I ob- served but two, both apparently a second attempt, as the season was well advanced, and both fail- ures.
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