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[OUR COMMON BIRDS] Part 1
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The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Woodpeckers feeding young through hole in tree. “The nest is always in a tree trunk.” Woodpeckers outside hole in tree. “Downy’s first lesson in climbing.” Young birds on wooden fence post. “Insects are the food for the youngsters.” Adult feeding young. “Even the wee ones like a bug.” “The youngsters scrape the ants off of the mother’s tongue.” Young flicker sticking head out of hole in tree and receiving food. “Redhead’s nest in a pole.” Woodpecker entering hole in pole. “Redhead is handsome and a good drummer.” Woodpecker on top of telephone pole. “The Chipping sparrow’s nest lined with horsehair.” Nest with eggs in field. “The sparrow family feeds on garden pests.” Hand holding baby sparrow. “A Baltimore oriole hunting insects on the plum blossoms.” “The shy gray catbird.” Catbird in bushes - view of nest with eggs. “The baby catbirds are just the color of their surroundings.” Baby catbirds in nest. “The shrike or butcher bird hunts smaller birds and mice.” Shrike sitting on telephone wire. “The young shrike hardly seems a butcher bird.” Hand holding young shrike. “The butcher bird nests in a thorn apple tree.” Nest in tree. “The nest is among the thorns upon which the prey is impaled.” View of nest and eggs. “Another place to hang its food.” Food hanging on barbed wire fence. “The night hawk flies at dusk and catches insects in the air. Its nest on a gravel roof.” View of nest on roof. “The little night hawks are the same color as the gravel.” Young in nest. “The mother attracts us away from her babies.” Mother pretending to be crippled. “How the babies are protected.” Mother pretending to be crippled. “The hollow tree home of the nuthatch.” View of nuthatch through hole in tree. “A nuthatch is very agile, running rapidly up and down the tree.” Family of nuthatches on tree. “The barn swallow’s nest of mud lined with feathers.” Swallow entering nest. “The home of the bank swallow.” View of nest. “Anyone can do this, if they are kind to ‘Robin Red Breast.’” Child feeding group of robins. “A screech owl’s tree home.” View of hole in tree. “By the trap door we spy on the owls.” Hand opening door in tree, owls inside. “The seven white eggs.” Eggs in tree. “Helpless owlets one day old.” Hand placing owlets in basket. “The family sleeps the whole day.” Owls in tree. “Young owlets a month old.” Owlets in tree. “Ready for mice hunting.” Owls on fence. “Food is swallowed whole -- indigestible feathers and bones are thrown up in small pellets.” Hand feeding owls. “Now it’s my turn.” Hand feeding owls. “A-sleep in the sun, and yet ready for food.” Feeding owl. “Good observers say, an owl family is a necessity about a farm to kill the mice.” Family of owls in tree - owl and bird on fence. “The End.” “Ford Educational Library.” [1925]
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