School: Clara (Convent)
- Location:
- Clara, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: Sr. Bernadette
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0807, Page 191
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- The most common birds to be found in the district are the Robin, Sparrow, Thrush, Finch, Swallow, Cuckoo, Yellow Hammer, and Black-bird.Two of these birds - the Cuckoo and Swallow - migrate. They go at the end of Summer and do not return again until Spring.The Robin builds her nest in a hedge. Of feathers and sprigs she makes her nest. n the walls the Sparrow builds her nest, while the Thrush has hers in the bushes.The Finch builds her nest in fruit trees and in roofs of old houses; the Blackbird builds its nest in a tree and the crow up high in a tree.
In an old kettle or boot the Wren builds its nest. The Cuckoo does not build any nest of its own.(continues on next page)
