The Kingbird

THE KINGBIRD.

• The kingbird is not bigger than a robin.
• He eats flies, and worms, and bugs, and berries.
• He builds his nest in a tree, near some house.
• When there are young ones in the nest, he sits on the top of a tree near them.
• He watches to see that no bird comes to hurt them or their mother.
• If a hawk, a crow, or even an eagle comes near, he makes a dash at it.
• Though he is so small, he is brave, and he is also very active.
• He never fails to drive off other birds from his nest.
• He flies around and around the eagle, and suddenly strikes him with his sharp bill.
• He strikes at his eye, and then darts away before the eagle can catch him.
• Or he strikes from behind, and is off again before the eagle can turn round.
• In a short time, the great eagle is tired of such hard blows, and flies away. He is very glad to get rid of his foe.
• Is not the little fellow a brave bird?
• Because he can drive off all other birds, he is called the KINGBIRD.