blue-back's

Updated: May 7, 2025

The other probably grew to maturity, as it disappeared from the vicinity with its parents after some days. The blue-back's nest was scarcely a foot from the ground, in a little bush situated in a low, dense wood of hemlock and beech and maple, amid the Catskills, a deep, massive, elaborate structure, in which the sitting bird sank till her beak and tail alone were visible above the brim.

John Burroughs - Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and Other Papers