And as an exceptional case it will take a young bird, which is usually a sparrow.
It is said that it makes no bones about devouring a young bird.
He was often, though not invariably, fed upon his appeal; but that proves nothing, for it would require the services of a dozen parents to respond to every request of a young bird.
Neither could I find a young bird on that tree, though I was sure, by the conduct of the parents, that at least one remained.
Usually, when a young bird begins to dally with the temptation to fly, so rapid is growth among birds, he may be expected out in a few hours.
But a young bird, taken from the nest before he has learned the use of his wings, I believe, can be made perfectly contented and happy in a house--if he is properly cared for!
Everett collected an adult male and female and a young bird in Sibutu.
Another adult male and female were at the side of a young bird held in a trap.
On a Spaniel, Called Beau, Killing a Young Bird.
I have very little doubt but a young bird, brought up from the nest, might be taught to talk, as they are very imitative.
According to this school, a young bird is, like a human babe, born with its mind a blank, and has to be taught by its parents everything that it is necessary for a bird to know.
It may occasionally seize a sickly or a young bird, but I have never actually seen it do so.
The succulent insect was, of course, intended for a young bird in a nest near by.
This left the nest open to the other crow, who carried off a young bird.
The other, which closely follows in its wake, is a peculiar lisping whistle, which has not inaptly been compared to the cry of a young bird.
This writer once set to work to delineate a young bird.
Audubon once reared a young bird, which he kept about the house.
A young bird, taken July 10, is nearly fully grown; the crown and neck fully feathered, the breast nearly so, and the wings and tail nearly grown.
The legs are sometimes yellowish, and very rarely yellow, only one such having come under the writer's personal notice, a young bird in southward migration.
One proof that birds really do help each other is the fact that when a man wants to know what birds live in a place, he can bring them all around him by making a sound like a young bird in distress.
You would expect a young bird to look like his father or mother; and some of them do.
The little feathers grow very fast, and before he is ready to fly a young bird is well covered.
We can often see down sticking to a young bird's feathers.
Pepita had the joy of a young bird in its first flight.
Knowing as little of love as a young bird unfledged, her coldness was full of innocent cruelty.
She had been as gay as a young bird, and the spirit of the party, her laughter, her pretty mockeries and sauciness, had carried all before them.
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