Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 January 1897 — Saved by Its Song. [ARTICLE]

Saved by Its Song.

A little thistle bird in Monmouth, Me., owes its life to its perseverance and habit of singing while in trouble. A man In that village had heard the small songster’s persistent notes near his window for nearly a month, and at last called the attention of a friend, who makes a study of birds and their ways, to its song. This friend soon made the discovery that the bird was a prisoner to its nest. A ladder was brougth, and the bird and nest were taken down aud examined. One leg of tlie little sufferer had become ensnarled in the wool with which the nest was lined, and it was only after twenty minutes of painstaking effort with sharp instruments that the limb was losed from the snarl. This done, the spectators were surprised to see birdie fly away, apparently as well as though never tied to a near-by apple tree. The bird’s parents, or some other of Its feathered friends, had kept it supplied with food during its imprisonment.