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off with them. When that happened, the finches immediately built another nest.
When I wrote about the gift of a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher nest — another miracle of bird architecture — several months ago, George Fenwick of the American Bird Conservancy in The Plains wrote me a thoughtful and disquieting letter reminding me that it is against the law to possess a bird nest. He was right, of course.
In a treaty signed with Canada in 1916, most birds were given legal protection. The treaty, updated in 1936 to include Mexico, "... prohibits the sale, purchase, taking or possession of any wild migratory birds, their parts, nests or eggs.”
The legislation put an end to the slaughter of birds for their feathers that women were wearing on their hats. In some cases, the whole skinned bird was placed on top of a hat. Thousands of egrets were slaughtered to obtain their beautiful plumes.
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