NEWS OF A BIRD'S NEST.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 139, 15 June 1938, Page 26

NEWS OF A BIRD'S NEST.

I. i-t seiner a pair of blackbirds came ; i ovr !i..:i-e and tried, to make a Jiecit : n tl.e I'iirii' in a -pout above our kitchen window. For a week they -■•rujgled to pur r-traw and irrass between *he wall and the spout, but it always -lipped t.iit. We were afraid to interfere ler-t we r-cared th<>ni away. At 'i-t we dec'uled to do something : .wards making tiie nest. With the two bird- watching, we put up a board io keep the titv-t tirm. The next day it was complete; the day after there was an egu in it. Tin.se two binlf! were quite tame throu-ho'.it t in' (-limmer and used to ; eep in at the window from the nest. They reared two families, and have all lived ever since in the butduv around our garden. Whenever I go out there ; s (piite a stampede of nine blackbird* for crumbs ami they are not at all •Tightened.

"SALTY" TALES. I'Si-nt in I'.v Colin I'e laiea. Somerset Koa.l, -Mr. Ue»kill.) Ilear Old Soul: Have you had many narrow c-e.ipes during your life? Old Sailor: Yes, mum. 1 was nearly row !;ed i Mice ! ]ie.,r u!,l Soul: Poor fellow! How did it happen? (tld Sailor: I went to sleep in the bath, and left the tap running! old Sailor: Yes, sonny, T was once adrift on a .ship at sea for six days, and then at last 1 tied my shirt to tlie mast and was sighted bv a warship! Sonny (oyeinir the tattered old -ai!or): Huh! an* I'll bet they opened lire at you. thinking you were a pirate with the black flag flying!