OVERCROWDING
The pair of jackdaws that have nested in 111,; same big hole in the cliff face for several Yca' enjoy a coveted site, but adjoining it is smaller and shallower hole where, until lol; season, the cock bird was in the habit o` roosting. Things changed in the spring• l usual fight for possession of the big hole to,, place with the usual result, but the roost, the, feet to the left and a little higher up. `,`"0 captured by the newcomers. The two fal"il;11 have raised lively broods, but one finds 115'6, cramped in the shallow hole and four he311; seem to he permanently sticking out „. parents of this overcrowded lot are only /,,1 come when they come with food. There is no room for them in the nest. The pair ``;1„. a family in the bigger hole get together out discomfort, but their every movc„,if watched by the four heads and a great claiwi, goes up whenever food goes into the big hi'
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