He noticed that when he put various coloured balls of yarn out in his garden, almost always one and only one became popular that season for incorporation into local birds' nests.
Nevertheless the bird was determined to save him if she could, and by one last mighty effort she propelled the nest against the rock. Then up she flew; deserting her eggs, so as to make her meaning clear.
Then they would sit on the telephone wire in full view of the bird house, perhaps admiring it, and ready to attack and drive away any other bird which came near.
It was just another bird's nest to me until he whispered, Ever see anything as pretty as what the raindrops do to that redbird sitting on her dark nest?
Laurie devoted himself to the little ones, rode his small daughter in a bushel–basket, took Daisy up among the bird's nests, and kept adventurous Rob from breaking his neck.
When the following morning he came out to compensate for his omission, he almost collided headfirst into the older man by the fence under the bird-table.