Rensselaer Union, Volume 2, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 June 1870 — A Battle between a Robin and a Squirrel. [ARTICLE]

A Battle between a Robin and a Squirrel.

We witnessed a battle'the other day bo singular in its nature as to deserve mention. 4 On one of our principal streets, a robin had built its nest in a tree. Tn the nest were threo or four eggs, which tempted the appetite of a squirrel who chanced to spy them. He made a raid on the nest, and was just about preparing for a sumptuous feast, when the proprietor of the invaded domicil arrived. Seeing what was going on, the robin made a dive at the squrrel, inflicting a wound with his beat. Then ensued one of tho most lively scrimmages ever witnessed. Up and down the tree, with the rapidity of lightning, ran the squirrel, the rohin in hot pursuit. From one limb and branch to another, they both darted, both chattering and chirping in utmost excitement. The robin would fly off a rod or so, and then dart, like an arrow from a bow, for the squirrel, inflicting telling wounds. It was soon evident that the squirrel was getting the worst of it, and he thought so too, for he Anally forsook the tree for the ground, and beat a hasty retreat. He didn’t allow much grass to grow under his feet as he made tracks for safe quarters. The robin, apparently satisfied with having driven her antagonist from the field, did not give further pursuit, but returned to her nest in a very flustrated state. Her victory was signal, and she is doubtless now reflecting over it with self-satisfied equanimity.— Geneva (2V. F) Courier.

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