Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

the water to the ground. Joe claimed that this showed a lack of brains on the part of the birds. Perhaps robins have no brains in the human sense of the word, yet they may be pardoned for their seemingly unwise act, for the biggest thing in their minds was to find exactly the softest site needed for their nest. And viewed from this point, their choise may be said to show fine appreciation. For what could be nicer than the concave hollow of the spouting to built in, with the eaves overhead from protection from the hot sun and rain? We cannot expect from a bird that he should figure out that the spouting was made to carry away rain and that in doing so might wash away its nest. This latter probability is without ground, for the robins expert masonry has withstood three showers, the water overflowing + falling to the ground.(HT)I have wandered far away from my original topic however which was upon the ridiculous qualities of young robins. The robins in this nest [...]