xt7jh98zct60_8 https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7jh98zct60/data/mets.xml https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7jh98zct60/data/2015ms086.dao.xml Bevins, Martha 0.05 Cubic Feet 55 items archival material 2015ms086 English University of Kentucky The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.  Contact the Special Collections Research Center for information regarding rights and use of this collection. Martha Bevins letters to Tom McCarthy Radio broadcasting. Agriculture -- Kentucky. Birds Women air pilots. circa 1956 August text circa 1956 August 2016 https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7jh98zct60/data/2015ms086/Box_ms_42/Folder_1/Item_8/1956_undated_Bevins__Card_with_Wookpecker_motif__Re_Carolina_Wren_tracking_paint.pdf circa 1956 August 1956 circa 1956 August section false xt7jh98zct60_8 xt7jh98zct60 Helo, ‘7 1
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he decides he owns you, he will ggég,%&_ if“ it ,
be the most entertaining and delightful ""a.,\ Mg: 2*
bird you can imagine. He will a? a?“ 33‘.
ask to come in the house, fully \ aéé‘” _h,: f ., fidfi
expecting you to open the door, then “. ,& M.pg I‘;fl'
sit quietly watching while he pokes .; sf"§:gget;“? ’
around as he wishes. I had one who as =fiQHWqfilifl,
spent every winter in the cellar, fifififihydfli/
going outside only on warm, bright ”"“' 5 \
days. On bad days, nothing could ~ ’
drive him from the shelter of the ,
cellar.
One winter he Was joined by two i_, a" saw ,
tree toads and visitors Were quite
astonished to hear Carolina talk
and tree frog calls coming fom
beneath flieir feet. Another winter
he had lovely white legs becaused
he Walked in a can containing an 3
inch of white paint, and another 3 :5
time I scooped him out of the suds g 3?.
of the Washing machine. g mag;
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He coaxed his mate into nesting in E ZQEE
the cellar one summer, which g 335;
disrupted the meter-reader's schedule 5 g%
as I asked Lighthower to have him “ E2
skip us while she was on the eggs. U
She seemed to enjoy my activities
even when clo e to the nest. Perhaps
egg—Sitting is a bit dull and I was
a diversion. (EV~Y—~;»—==
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