William Lovell Finley

“ The next day the female had deserted her young entirely, for only the male was about, and he had assumed entire charge of the household.
It happened that a rain storm came up that night, and as the young birds were not hovered we found them dead the next morning. The male was about with food, but there were no young to be fed. He stayed about most of the day, but I did not see the mother again. From all appearances, she was a deliberate deserter. Can it be that some birds are as unbirdlike as some people are inhuman?—William L. Finley, Portland, Oregon. ”