yellow-bird's

Updated: August 12, 2026

Thirty-four measurements on Walden disclosed the important fact that the snow averaged five and one sixth inches deep. He analyzes a pensile nest which he found in the woods doubtless one of the vireo's and fills ten pages with a minute description of the different materials which it contained. Then he analyzes a yellow-bird's nest, filling two pages.

John Burroughs - The Last Harvest