Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 December 1885 — A Bird Story. [ARTICLE]

A Bird Story.

In front of a window where we worked last summer was a butternut tree. A humming-bird built her nest on a limb that grew near the window, and we had an opportunity to watch her closely, and we could look right into the nest. One day there was a very heavy shower. When the first drops fell she came and took in her bill one of two or three large leaves growing close to the nest, and laid this leaf over so completely that it covered the nest; then she flew away. On looking at the leaf we found a hole in it, and in the side of the nest was a small stick that the leaf was fastened to or hooked on. After the storm was over the old bird came back and unhooked the leaf, and the nest was perfectly dry. Statesman.