TO-DAY’S NATURE NOTE

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 33, 2 November 1934, Page 10

TO-DAY’S NATURE NOTE

Robbing the Blackbird

A delightful example of a worker being robbed of the fruits of Ins labour occurred during my digging operations at the week-end. As .1 turned up the ground a large blackbird, seized the! opportunity to collect the fine fat which were uncovered in the process,, in tlie usual manner, of his kind, he worked dilieentiv until hia beak was well filled, nnl speared to be well pleased with himself, aid With the prospect o a hearty supper for himselt and httlv ° n There accompanied him, however, an impertinent cock sparrow who evunced "runt interest in his and hopped alongside his large friend, hiraintentlv. Only one more worm vvas required to'complete the blackbird s compkmeat, but just as he opened his beak to seize it, the cock sparrow darted forward and deprived him of the best part nf his catch, flying up into a neighbour; tree, 'where sundry pipings ana chirpings denoted that he was being congratulated by his family upon h.s nrowess. Our audacious sparrow tritu the'trick a second time, but after dqdgin«r 11 vicious peck from the blackbird, thought better of it. and started hunting on his own account. - Little Peter (Lower Hutt).