Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 142, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 June 1912 — Bird’s Nest In Mall Box. [ARTICLE]

Bird’s Nest In Mall Box.

Probably a bird’s nest In a rural mall box Is a rare thing, If It has ever happened before, but out In' Oswegatcble a small bird has taken possession of a mall box and has already built her nest and laid three eggs and It looks as though she would complete her work of hatching and rearing her young. The particular box picked out by the bird is one that Is to use dally and the mail carried never misses a stop at this box. Mrs. Bird seems to enjoy the Idea to have the mall carrier lift the cover of the box and deposit the mall and will sit on her nest as unconcerned as can be. The mall box has been fixed so that It win not close entirely so that the bird may complete the task of rearing, her young. It Is not known what kind of a bird this Is, hut It Is thought that it is a phebe, being brown of color and about the site of a sparrow and laying sky-blue eggs.—Watertown Correapondont HfK Tendon Day.