NEST ON A YACHT
It is nesting time in South Africa. While the president of the sailing club at Gatooma was away" on a holiday lie left his yacht at her moorings. When he returned ho found that a wagtail had built a nest in a sail locker. He did not disturb the nest, and a voung bird was hatched. Afterwards the yachtsman often went sailing. Each time the boat went on j the mother bird stayed at the landing stage and waited for the return of the young wagtail.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23263, 4 February 1939, Page 9 (Supplement)
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90NEST ON A YACHT New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23263, 4 February 1939, Page 9 (Supplement)
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