When their two boys were in their teens, Dr. Of course he had no idea as to when the eggs would hatch, but both he and his wife were on the alert for them. As he cleared lawns and paths, Tommy had purposely left piles of brush in among the trees, because quail had often been seen around the place. Tommy and Mildred had built their house at Orleans, on Cape Cod, high on a bank above a lake, and since it was surrounded by extensive woods, it was a haven for man and bird. Thomas Kienzle, had discovered the nest in June, and he had carefully left the surrounding grass unmowed.īy dint of patience and long periods of standing motionless, he had seen the little hen go to the nest and had watched her as she reached out with her bill and carefully covered herself with the grasses around her, from one side, from the other side, from front and from back, until she was completely hidden. We had known that there was a quail nesting in the deep grass beyond the rose garden. On that date there was no Robert there was just an abandoned egg in a deserted wet nest. UNTIL JULY 11, 1962, we had no hint of the change about to take place in our lives.
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