NEIGHBORHOOD TALKConversation is not a lost art in our neighborhood. We use it when we get together, and we meet often and without formality. We just step over when the chores are done.
Just now we talk about the birds and their ways, for there is much activity in nest building. The quail or grouse takes up the matter of hatching in a big way, sitting on as many as twenty eggs, which she places in a basin-like nest in the grass under fallen trees. Just how this little bird can cover twenty eggs is a mystery, but it seems to be successfully accomplished for the families appear in due season. The quail nests twice a year and so there must be a high mortality rate from cats and crows or we would see more of them. The Bob White which was once numerous in this district has disappeared entirely
