HE JUST KNOWS
There’s no "try-try-try-again" about it when the small bird comes to build his first nest. You may think he gets more clever and quick and perfect as the seasons go on, but it’s not like that a bit. He just knows all there is to know about it from the word "Go!" He has been carefully watched by scientists over and over, and they all agree that the first nest he builds is more than likely to be his best. % st © Another curious thing about him is that, even if he has always been quite separated from his kind, he will build that first nest of his exactly as his ancestors did hundreds of years ago. The colour and shape and pattern of the egg laid in the nest, too, will never vary.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 36, 1 March 1940, Page 34
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