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“We enjoyed watching: the progress in our porch of a sparrow’s nestmaking, and then the feeding of the young. And often we looked in, and got • shock when a funny big mouth and * long neck poked out for our finger to eat!
“We have seen as many as eight magpies together, and two will chase a hawk out of sight.”—Joyce W'eeber. (Yes, magpies are the cheekiest things, as well as fearless. . . even quite often can’t scare them in the least. Even now% tho backs of my knees have not forgotten tho pinches of the magpie that lived next door when I was five.— Fairiel.)
“A few weeks ago 1 was standing outside the gate when I suddenly noticed a tiny fantaii’s nest lying down on the ground ; it was so tiny. J took it round and showed it to mummy, and she thought it was lovely too. Oh! how sad the poor little bird would be to lose her lovely home.”—Jean McQueen. (Fantails have two families in tho year, Jean, and for each they insist on building a brand new home, so perhaps Mother Fanny had finished with that one. We’ll hope so, anyway, clip—Fairiel.)
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12370, 13 February 1926, Page 16
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