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Nest Am Fenster (Window into a Nest)

Nest Am Fenster (Window into a Nest)

Geraldine Lux Flanagan und Sean Morris

Carlsen Verlag

Candid Camera for the birds, or how "tweeting" really began.

This attractive German book from 1975 contains 96 pages of black and white and color photos of a family of Waldvogel or "forest birds," as seen through a serveillance camera positioned inside their bird house.

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We start with a photo of a human family peering behind black curtains into the home of the forest bird family, as we in turn watch them watch.

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Once they decide to occupy the bird house (free rent!), the little birds start decorating and furnishing.

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The new flooring is arranged with care.

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Home Sweet Home.

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The forest birds soon start a family with the arrival of spring.

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In just a month, the pile of eggs turns into a pile of chicks which strangely resemble pitcher plants.

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Who grow and grow.

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Soon they look like real birds and leave the nest.

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